Abstract: The multilayer beam consisted of materials with extremely different elastic properties, such as silicon and Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), has many important applications. The Kirchhoff assumption that the straight lines ...

Abstract: This paper presents a detailed study on the fracture behaviors of soft materials with hard inclusion. Stress concentrations on the interfaces of hard and soft materials are considered as the key factor for structure fracture. ...

Abstract: An innovative bistable energy-absorbing cylindrical shell structure composed of multiple unit cells is presented in this paper. The structural parameters of the single-layer cylindrical shell structure that produces bistable ...

Abstract: Multistable metastructure can be used as a reusable energy-absorbing structure which is usually accompanied by relatively low energy absorption capacity. In this work, a novel structure with variable cross-sectional width ...

Abstract: In the present work, a novel experiment for the flexible piezoelectric system was introduced. The flexible piezoelectric film was spontaneously in contact with the soft substrate conformably. After driven by the pure ...