3D-printed metamaterials that stretch and fail by design
New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering introduces a computational design framework to support the creation of a new class of soft, compliant and deformable metamaterials.
These metamaterials, called three-dimensional woven metamaterials, consist of building blocks that are composed of intertwined fibres that self-contact and entangle to endow the material with unique properties.
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