3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Using the force landscape of an active solid to predict plastic deformation
Tyler Hain, Edan Lerner, M. Lisa Manning
Non-active disordered solids feature quasilocalized excitations that control plasticity, similar to crystal lattice defects, and these excitations can be identified via harmonic or…
cond-mat.soft2025
Rigidity and mechanical response in biological structures
Kelly Aspinwall, Tyler Hain, M. Lisa Manning
Rigidity is an emergent property of materials - it is not a feature of individual components that comprise the structure, but instead arises from interactions between many constitu…
cond-mat.soft2024
Optimizing properties on the critical rigidity manifold of underconstrained central-force networks
Tyler Hain, Chris Santangelo, M. Lisa Manning
Our goal is to develop a design framework for multifunctional mechanical metamaterials that can tune their rigidity while optimizing other desired properties. Towards this goal, we…