Tensegrity cell mechanical metamaterial with metal rubber Academic Article

abstract

• 2018 Author(s). We present here a design of the unit cell of a mechanical metamaterial based on the use of a tensegrity structural configuration with a metal rubber. Tensegrity combines the use of compression and tension-only elements, and allows the creation of structures with high rigidity per unit mass. Metal rubber is a multiscale porous metal material with high energy absorption and vibration damping capabilities under compressive load. The combination of the two structural and material concepts gives rise to a mechanical metamaterial with increased energy absorption and tuneable nonlinearity under quasi-static, vibration, and impact loading. We develop prototypes, models, and perform tests under static and dynamic loading conditions to assess the performance of this mechanical metamaterial.

authors

• Skelton, Robert

published proceedings

• APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Zhang, Q., Zhang, D., Dobah, Y., Scarpa, F., Fraternali, F., & Skelton, R. E.

citation count

• 27

complete list of authors

• Zhang, Qicheng||Zhang, Dayi||Dobah, Yousef||Scarpa, Fabrizio||Fraternali, Fernando||Skelton, Robert E

publication date

• July 2018

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Applied Physics Letters  Journal

keywords

• 7 Affordable And Clean Energy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.5040850

start page

• 031906

end page

• 031906

volume

• 113

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5040850

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy