Real-time tunable negative stiffness mechanical metamaterial

• Published in: Extreme Mechanics Letters Vol. 41; p. 100990
• Main Authors: Tan, Xiaojun, Chen, Shuai, Wang, Bing, Tang, Jie, Wang, Lianchao, Zhu, Shaowei, Yao, Kaili, Xu, Peifei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Mechanical metamaterial; Negative stiffness; Pneumatic actuation; Real-time tunable; Pneumatic actuation; Negative stiffness; Real-time tunable; Mechanical metamaterial

Real-time tunable mechanical metamaterial is an emerging field attracting great attention. It enables a wide range of mechanical properties but is hard to design and fabricate due to its complexity. Here, a pneumatically actuated tunable negative stiffness mechanical metamaterial with real-time tuna...