Metamaterials with amplitude gaps for elastic solitons

Bolei Deng; Pai Wang; Qi He; Vincent Tournat; Katia Bertoldi

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05908-9

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Metamaterials with amplitude gaps for elastic solitons

Bolei Deng,
Pai Wang,
Qi He,
Vincent Tournat,
Katia Bertoldi

Affiliations

Bolei Deng: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Pai Wang: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Qi He: School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University
Vincent Tournat: LAUM, CNRS, Le Mans Université
Katia Bertoldi: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05908-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Here, the authors experimentally observed, numerically simulate, and mathematically analyze the existence of amplitude gaps for elastic vector solitons in highly deformable mechanical metamaterials consisting of rigid units and elastic hinges.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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