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Title: Coulombic friction in metamaterials to dissipate mechanical energy

Abstract

Product designs from a wide range of industries such as aerospace, automotive, biomedical, and others can benefit from new metamaterials for mechanical energy dissipation. In this study, we explore a novel new class of metamaterials with unit cells that absorb energy via sliding Coulombic friction. Remarkably, even materials such as metals and ceramics, which typically have no intrinsic reversible energy dissipation, can be architected to provide dissipation akin to elastomers. The concept is demonstrated at different scales (centimeter to micrometer), with different materials (metal and polymer), and in different operating environments (high and low temperatures), all showing substantial dissipative improvements over conventional non-contacting lattice unit cells. Further, as with other ‘programmable’ metamaterials, the degree of Coulombic absorption can be tailored for a given application. Additionally, an analytic expression is derived to allow rapid first-order optimization. This new class of Coulombic friction energy absorbers can apply broadly to many industrial sectors such as transportation (e.g. monolithic shock absorbers), biomedical (e.g. prosthetics), athletic equipment (e.g. skis, bicycles, etc.), defense (e.g. vibration tolerant structures), and energy (e.g. survivable electrical grid components).

Authors:
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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1668700
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1809827
Report Number(s):
SAND-2020-10135J
Journal ID: ISSN 2352-4316; 690844
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Extreme Mechanics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 40; Journal ID: ISSN 2352-4316
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Metamaterial; lattice; friction; energy dissipation; additive manufacturing

Citation Formats

Garland, Anthony P., Adstedt, Katarina M., Casias, Zachary J., White, Benjamin C., Mook, William M., Kaehr, Bryan, Jared, Bradley H., Lester, Brian T., Leathe, Nicholas S., Schwaller, Eric, and Boyce, Brad L. Coulombic friction in metamaterials to dissipate mechanical energy. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.eml.2020.100847.
Garland, Anthony P., Adstedt, Katarina M., Casias, Zachary J., White, Benjamin C., Mook, William M., Kaehr, Bryan, Jared, Bradley H., Lester, Brian T., Leathe, Nicholas S., Schwaller, Eric, & Boyce, Brad L. Coulombic friction in metamaterials to dissipate mechanical energy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2020.100847
Garland, Anthony P., Adstedt, Katarina M., Casias, Zachary J., White, Benjamin C., Mook, William M., Kaehr, Bryan, Jared, Bradley H., Lester, Brian T., Leathe, Nicholas S., Schwaller, Eric, and Boyce, Brad L. Fri . "Coulombic friction in metamaterials to dissipate mechanical energy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2020.100847. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1668700.
@article{osti_1668700,
title = {Coulombic friction in metamaterials to dissipate mechanical energy},
author = {Garland, Anthony P. and Adstedt, Katarina M. and Casias, Zachary J. and White, Benjamin C. and Mook, William M. and Kaehr, Bryan and Jared, Bradley H. and Lester, Brian T. and Leathe, Nicholas S. and Schwaller, Eric and Boyce, Brad L.},
abstractNote = {Product designs from a wide range of industries such as aerospace, automotive, biomedical, and others can benefit from new metamaterials for mechanical energy dissipation. In this study, we explore a novel new class of metamaterials with unit cells that absorb energy via sliding Coulombic friction. Remarkably, even materials such as metals and ceramics, which typically have no intrinsic reversible energy dissipation, can be architected to provide dissipation akin to elastomers. The concept is demonstrated at different scales (centimeter to micrometer), with different materials (metal and polymer), and in different operating environments (high and low temperatures), all showing substantial dissipative improvements over conventional non-contacting lattice unit cells. Further, as with other ‘programmable’ metamaterials, the degree of Coulombic absorption can be tailored for a given application. Additionally, an analytic expression is derived to allow rapid first-order optimization. This new class of Coulombic friction energy absorbers can apply broadly to many industrial sectors such as transportation (e.g. monolithic shock absorbers), biomedical (e.g. prosthetics), athletic equipment (e.g. skis, bicycles, etc.), defense (e.g. vibration tolerant structures), and energy (e.g. survivable electrical grid components).},
doi = {10.1016/j.eml.2020.100847},
journal = {Extreme Mechanics Letters},
number = ,
volume = 40,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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