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Topological transition in spiral elastic valley metamaterials
Shuaifeng Li, Jinkyu Yang
Elastic valley metamaterials offer an excellent platform to manipulate elastic waves and have potential applications in energy harvesting and elastography. Here we introduce a seri…
Leaf-like Origami with Bistability for Self-Adaptive Grasping Motions
Hiromi Yasuda, Kyle Johnson, Vicente Arroyos +3
The leaf-like origami structure was inspired by geometric patterns found in nature, exhibiting unique transitions between open and closed shapes. With a bistable energy landscape,…
Digital image processing to detect subtle motion in stony coral
Shuaifeng Li, Liza M. Roger, Lokander Kumar +5
Coral reef ecosystems support significant biological activities and harbor huge diversity, but they are facing a severe crisis driven by anthropogenic activities and climate change…
Stability of topological edge states under strong nonlinear effects
Rajesh Chaunsali, Haitao Xu, Jinkyu Yang +2
We examine the role of strong nonlinearity on the topologically-robust edge state in a one-dimensional system. We consider a chain inspired from the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model, but…
Corner states in second-order mechanical topological insulator
Chun-Wei Chen, Rajesh Chaunsali, Johan Christensen +2
We numerically and experimentally study corner states in a continuous elastic plate with em-bedded bolts in a hexagonal pattern. While preserving C6 crystalline symmetry, the syste…
Ply-drop design of non-conventional composites using Bayesian optimization
Koshiro Yamaguchi, Sean E. Phenisee, Zhisong Chen +2
Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) technology provides a great ability to efficiently produce large carbon fiber reinforced composite structures with complex surfaces. AFP has a wide…