3 papers
physics.app-ph2022
Developing Reprogrammable Metasurfaces with Compressed Pre-curved Beams: Theory and Applications
Fan Liu, Zian Jia, Xihang Jiang +1
This paper presents a mechanically bistable mechanism of the compressed pre-curved beam. A governing equation is proposed which can be used to predict and explain the bistability o…
physics.app-ph2022
Enabling Programmable Mechanical Functions Using Mechanical Property And Geometry Tuning Approaches
Fan Liu, Xihang Jiang, Zian Jia +1
The rapidly developing robotics industry demands structures with novel mechanical functions. Traditional approaches, developing new materials and designing new structures, face two…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019
3D metamaterial with stiffness and Poisson's ratio approaching negative infinity
Zian Jia, Lifeng Wang
We report a three-dimensional mechanical metamaterial that simultaneously possesses negative stiffness, negative bulk modulus, and negative Poisson's ratio. This metamaterial is a…