Mechanical Metamaterials (ASME IMECE 2023)
Topic 04-03 (Materials) or Topic 12-07 (Applied Mechanics)
Mechanical metamaterials are intelligently designed material systems with exotic properties rarely found in nature. The exciting features of mechanical metamaterials are usually defined by their geometric architecture and internal topology rather than composition. These mechanical properties can be designed to have unusual or even opposite values compared to those found in natural materials. This symposium invites fundamental studies on the mechanics and design of mechanical metamaterials and their engineering applications across various scales. This symposium aims to provide a forum for discussing and disseminating novel research findings in mechanical metamaterials and architected structures. Examples of topics in this symposium include (but are not limited to)
- Metamaterials with negative Poisson’s ratio, negative thermal expansion, negative stiffness, negative compressibility, reciprocity, and other unusual mechanical properties
- Analytical, numerical, and experimental studies of the behaviors of lattice materials, foams, and other architected materials such as origami, kirigami, granular, and tensegrity structures.
- Design and application of reconfigurability, tuneability, multi-stability, reciprocity, reprogrammability, symmetry breaking, and other interesting functional properties of mechanical metamaterials
- Responses to impact loads, strain energy transformation, super damping performance, and in situ control of the metamaterial functionality, such as reconfiguration upon command
- Advanced technologies such as 3D/4D printing to manufacture mechanical metamaterials.
- Organizers:
· Jaehyung Ju (jaehyung.ju [at] sjtu.edu.cn (jaehyung[dot]ju[at]sjtu[dot]edu[dot]cn)), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China,
· Jordan Raney (raney [at] seas.upenn.edu (raney[at]seas[dot]upenn[dot]edu)), University of Pennsylvania, USA,
Submission deadline - June 23rd, 2023.