Architecting mechanisms of damage in topological metamaterials

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Main Authors: de Waal, Leo, Chouzouris, Matthaios, Dias, Marcelo A.
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Published: 2024
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author de Waal, Leo
Chouzouris, Matthaios
Dias, Marcelo A.
author_facet de Waal, Leo
Chouzouris, Matthaios
Dias, Marcelo A.
contents Architecting mechanisms of damage in metamaterials by leveraging lattice topology and geometry poses a vital yet complex challenge, essential for engineering desirable mechanical responses. Of these metamaterials, Maxwell lattices, which are on the verge of mechanical stability, offer significant potential for advanced functionality. By leveraging their robust topological features, they enable precise control of effective elastic properties, manipulation of stress localisation and delocalisation across specific domains, and targeted global damage that follows local fracture events. In this work, we identify topology and geometry-dependent parameters that establish a simple, yet precise, framework for designing the behaviour of non-idealised Maxwell lattices and their damage processes. We numerically explore the underlying phenomenology to demonstrate how this framework can guide or arrest damage in lattices, both with and without domain walls and additional boundary constraints. Our approach uncovers a robust way to manipulate the mechanisms of damage and the path they follow in metamaterials, with further insight into crack arrest, diversion, and shielding.
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spellingShingle Architecting mechanisms of damage in topological metamaterials
de Waal, Leo
Chouzouris, Matthaios
Dias, Marcelo A.
Soft Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
Applied Physics
Architecting mechanisms of damage in metamaterials by leveraging lattice topology and geometry poses a vital yet complex challenge, essential for engineering desirable mechanical responses. Of these metamaterials, Maxwell lattices, which are on the verge of mechanical stability, offer significant potential for advanced functionality. By leveraging their robust topological features, they enable precise control of effective elastic properties, manipulation of stress localisation and delocalisation across specific domains, and targeted global damage that follows local fracture events. In this work, we identify topology and geometry-dependent parameters that establish a simple, yet precise, framework for designing the behaviour of non-idealised Maxwell lattices and their damage processes. We numerically explore the underlying phenomenology to demonstrate how this framework can guide or arrest damage in lattices, both with and without domain walls and additional boundary constraints. Our approach uncovers a robust way to manipulate the mechanisms of damage and the path they follow in metamaterials, with further insight into crack arrest, diversion, and shielding.
title Architecting mechanisms of damage in topological metamaterials
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.17100