...Daicong Da; Xin Shu Fracture, akin to light, electricity, and magnetism, is an ever-present phenomenon. Counteracting fracture through effective design techniques has emerged as a distinct technology, gaining momentum alongside the rapid progress in additive manufacturing and computational design...

...Allen Kim; Lily Vu; Tony Chung; David Song; Junlan Wang Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as a crucial technology in recent decades, particularly within the aerospace industry. However, the thermally cyclic nature of these processes introduces significant variations and defects...

... microstructural disorder of biopolymer networks, which limits the ability to tune their mechanical properties. To fill in this gap, we developed a method to generate computer models of aperiodic fiber networks mimicking type I collagen ready to be submitted for additive manufacturing. The models of fiber networks...

... thickness, number of domains at the cross section, and transverse bridges connecting adjacent walls. To specifically study the effect of these structural characteristics on the mechanics and anisotropic compressive properties of scaffolds, we utilize additive manufacturing, i.e., 3D printing, to fabricate...

... in the J ournal of A pplied M echanics . 31 10 2019 28 11 2019 28 11 2019 12 12 2019 heterogeneous materials fracture toughness phase-field method additive manufacturing elastic mismatch It is understood that the microstructure of a material can have...