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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bolei Deng, Pai Wang, Qi He, Vincent Tournat, Katia Bertoldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05908-9