Metamaterials with amplitude gaps for elastic solitons
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.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-08-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05908-9 |