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ArticleNature communications2024

Ultrastiff metamaterials generated through a multilayer strategy and topology optimization.

Yang Liu, Yongzhen Wang, Hongyuan Ren, Zhiqiang Meng, Xueqian Chen, Zuyu Li, Liwei Wang, Wei Chen, Yifan Wang, Jianbin Du

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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10 authors.

Yang LiuSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.
Yongzhen WangSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.
Hongyuan RenSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-7078-4694
Zhiqiang MengSchool of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Xueqian ChenSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.
Zuyu LiSchool of Automation, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, China. lizuyu@gdupt.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5434-3840
Liwei WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-9718
Wei ChenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4653-7124
Yifan WangSchool of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2284-520X
Jianbin DuSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China. dujb@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7575-4067

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 12272200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metamaterials composed of different geometrical primitives have different properties. Corresponding to the fundamental geometrical forms of line, plane, and surface, beam-, plate-, and shell-based lattice metamaterials enjoy many advantages in many aspects, respectively. To fully exploit the advantages of each structural archetype, we propose a multilayer strategy and topology optimization technique to design lattice metamaterial in this study. Under the frame of the multilayer strategy, the design space is enlarged and diversified, and the design freedom is increased. Topology optimization is applied to explore better designs in the larger and diverse design space. Beam-plate-shell-combined metamaterials automatically emerge from the optimization to achieve ultrahigh stiffness. Benefiting from high stiffness, energy absorption performances of optimized results also demonstrate substantial improvements under large geometrical deformation. The multilayer strategy and topology optimization can also bring a series of tunable dimensions for lattice design, which helps achieve desired mechanical properties, such as isotropic elasticity and functionally grading material property, and superior performances in acoustic tuning, electrostatic shielding, and fluid field tuning. We envision that a broad array of synthetic and composite metamaterials with unprecedented performance can be designed with the multilayer strategy and topology optimization.

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