Large characteristic lengths in 3D chiral elastic metamaterials

Chiral mechanical metamaterials enable unusual effects, such as coupling between strain and twist. Here, manufactured microstructured samples with >105 chiral unit cells exhibit large characteristic lengths, in agreement with analytical and numerical modelling and micropolar continuum elasticity.

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Main Authors: Tobias Frenzel, Vincent Hahn, Patrick Ziemke, Jonathan Ludwig Günter Schneider, Yi Chen, Pascal Kiefer, Peter Gumbsch, Martin Wegener
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fe4045ba922147738a88462a334ef73c
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