Origami-based impact mitigation via rarefaction solitary wave creation

Abstract

We demonstrate a counterintuitive mechanism of converting compressive impact to tensile waves in origami-based metamaterials.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 03, 2019
Source ID
10.1126/sciadv.aau2835

Entities

People

  • Christopher Chong
  • Efstathios G Charalampidis
  • Hiromi Yasuda
  • Jinkyu Yang
  • Panayotis G. Kevrekidis
  • Yasuhiro Miyazawa

Organizations

  • Bowdoin College
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Tohoku University
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Washington

Tags

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics