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Title: Formation of rarefaction waves in origami-based metamaterials

Journal Article · · Physical Review E
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  2. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich (Switzerland); Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME (United States)
  3. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Here, we investigate the nonlinear wave dynamics of origami-based metamaterials composed of Tachi-Miura polyhedron (TMP) unit cells. These cells exhibit strain softening behavior under compression, which can be tuned by modifying their geometrical configurations or initial folded conditions. We assemble these TMP cells into a cluster of origami-based metamaterials, and we theoretically model and numerically analyze their wave transmission mechanism under external impact. Numerical simulations show that origami-based metamaterials can provide a prototypical platform for the formation of nonlinear coherent structures in the form of rarefaction waves, which feature a tensile wavefront upon the application of compression to the system. We also demonstrate the existence of numerically exact traveling rarefaction waves in an effective lumped-mass model. Origami-based metamaterials can be highly useful for mitigating shock waves, potentially enabling a wide variety of engineering applications.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
1553202; DMS-1312856; N000141410388; UD140059JD; W911NF-15-1-0604; FA9550-12-10332; 605096; 2010239; ESC-A 06-14; AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1257858
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1247832
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-22277; PLEEE8
Journal Information:
Physical Review E, Vol. 93, Issue 4; ISSN 2470-0045
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 56 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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Cited By (13)

Architected Origami Materials: How Folding Creates Sophisticated Mechanical Properties journal December 2018
Metamaterials with amplitude gaps for elastic solitons journal August 2018
Kirigami-based Elastic Metamaterials with Anisotropic Mass Density for Subwavelength Flexural Wave Control journal January 2018
Fluidic origami cellular structure with asymmetric quasi-zero stiffness for low-frequency vibration isolation journal May 2019
Waves in strongly nonlinear discrete systems journal July 2018
Lattice reconfiguration and phononic band-gap adaptation via origami folding journal February 2017
Dynamics of a bistable Miura-origami structure journal May 2017
Origami-based impact mitigation via rarefaction solitary wave creation journal May 2019
Harnessing the anisotropic multistability of stacked-origami mechanical metamaterials for effective modulus programming journal June 2018
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Kirigami-based Elastic Metamaterials with Anisotropic Mass Density for Subwavelength Flexural Wave Control preprint January 2017
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