Nature-Inspired Mechanical Metamaterials
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 3748
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioinspiration; metamaterials; elasticity
Interests: phononic crystals; metamaterials; topological protection; nondestructive evaluation; bio-inspiration; seismic engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, phononic crystals and elastic metamaterials have provided new opportunities for wave control and a wealth of applications have been proposed in acoustics and vibration control. In parallel, the development of elastic metamaterials has also lead to lightweight microstructured designs exhibiting exceptional quasistatic mechanical properties.
However, no universally valid criteria exist for the design of efficient metamaterial structures, both in the quasistatic and the dynamic domains. A promising new approach in the development of advanced architectures for new materials consists in drawing inspiration from Nature, which has developed complex designs with advanced properties and functionalities through evolution, over thousands or millions of years.
Bioinspiration has already enabled the design of structures with optimized mechanical properties such as strength or toughness. Since metamaterials derive their unconventional behaviour from structure rather than from material properties, biological systems are ideal candidates as a source of inspiration.
This Special Issues welcomes contributions related to the mechanics of Bioinspired metamaterials, both for the control of wave propagation and for the achievement of unconventional quasistatic properties, at various size scales and in various engineering fields. Submissions are expected related to investigations on analytical and numerical approaches for novel optimized bioinspired designs, as well as their fabrication and experimental verification.
Prof. Dr. Federico Bosia
Dr. Marco Miniaci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Bioinspiration
- Phononic Crystals and Metamaterials
- Elasticity
- Wave dynamics
- Acoustics
- Vibration Control
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