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Morphological design and tunable mechanical properties of 3D spinodal membrane structures: adaptive coarse-grained modelling
The spinodal decomposition method emerges as a promising methodology, showcasing its potential in exploring the design space for metamaterial...
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Efficient multi-material topology optimization design with minimum compliance based on ResUNet involved generative adversarial network
Topology optimization is a common approach for material distribution in continuous structure due to its rigorous mathematical theory. However, with...
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Learning to inversely design acoustic metamaterials for enhanced performance
Elastic metamaterials are popularly sought to realize numerous special functions such as vibration control and wave manipulation among which sound...
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Multiscale design and experimental verification of Voronoi graded stochastic lattice structures for the natural frequency maximization problem
Additive manufacturing (AM) has gained popularity for its capacity to produce geometrically complicated structures, such as lattice structures....
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Greatly improving the energy absorption capacity of pre-folded tubes via non-uniformizing structures
Introducing origami patterns to the thin-walled tubes has been proven to effectively enhance the energy-absorbing capacity. However, the...
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Design of distributed dynamic absorbers for vibration suppression of panel structures
Distributed dynamic absorbers have many advantages such as wide frequency bandwidth for vibration suppression, strong detuning adaptability, and high...
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Topology optimization design of Chladni patterns for vibration mode manipulability
Classical Chladni patterns (CPs) are visual representations of eigenvectors, which have a wide range of applications in vibration analysis,...
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Feature-driven topology optimization method preserving component sequences considering turning angle constraint
Component sequence preservation is an intrinsic requirement in typical engineering applications, such as deployable chain-like structures, 3D...
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Homogenizing interfacial shear stress in brick-and-mortar structured composites via gradient modulus for enhanced mechanical properties
Inspired by nature, various biomimetic materials have been synthesized for enhanced mechanical properties, among which composites with...
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Design and evaluation of the traveling wave piezoelectric beam actuators
Traveling wave piezoelectric beam actuators (TWPBAs) present an advantageous structural configuration for self-moving actuators and hold significant...
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Optimal fail-safe truss structures: new solutions and uncommon characteristics
To investigate the characteristics of optimal fail-safe structures subjected to single and multi-member damage scenarios, we consider a pin-jointed...
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A class of bionic hyper-redundant robots mimicking the bird’s neck
Some birds’ necks show excellent flexible bending ability, which can be mimicked to design bionic robot. The main challenge is how to deal with the...
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Transverse seismic analysis of high-speed railway bridge in China based on a simplified calculation model
In seismic analyses of high-speed railway simply-supported bridges, the constraint imposed by the track structure is non-negligible. Despite its...
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Design of compliant mechanisms for origami metamaterials
As an art of paper folding, origami has been widely explored by artists for centuries. Only in recent decades has it gained attention from...
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Improved discrete-continuous parameterization method for concurrent topology optimization of structures and continuous material orientations
Concurrent topology optimization of structures and material orientations is a hot topic over the past decades. However, how to avoid the local optima...
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Explicit topology optimization of three-dimensional geometrically nonlinear structures
In this work, a three-dimensional explicit geometrically nonlinear topology optimization method is developed. Moving morphable voids (MMVs) are used...
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Comprehensive study on fail-safe topological design method for 3D structures
Fail-safe topology optimization is valuable for ensuring that optimized structures remain operable even under damaged conditions. By selectively...
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Active control of large space antenna truss structures using the equivalent beam model
In this paper, an equivalent force method is proposed to solve the problem of using the equivalent beam model for the control design of the original...
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Intelligent prediction model of tunnelling-induced building deformation based on genetic programming and its application
This paper aims to explore the ability of genetic programming (GP) to achieve the intelligent prediction of tunnelling-induced building deformation...
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Influence of bone teeth on strength and toughness of sutured bone plate of turtle shell
The bone plate of turtle shell carapace is formed by several individual ribs through the suture structure of bone teeth. Based on the tensile and...
