Homogenization and continuum limit of mechanical metamaterials

When used in bulk applications, mechanical metamaterials set forth a multiscale problem with many orders of magnitude in scale separation between the micro and macro scales. However, mechanical metamaterials fall outside conventional homogenization theory on account of the flexural, or bending, resp...

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Autores: Ariza Moreno, María del Pilar, Conti, Sergio, Ortiz, Michael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/163718
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/163718
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2024.105073
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mechanical metamaterials
Structural mechanics
Homogenization
Discrete-to-continuum
Generalized elasticity
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Sumario:When used in bulk applications, mechanical metamaterials set forth a multiscale problem with many orders of magnitude in scale separation between the micro and macro scales. However, mechanical metamaterials fall outside conventional homogenization theory on account of the flexural, or bending, response of their members, including torsion. We show that homogenization theory, based on calculus of variations and notions of Gamma-convergence, can be extended to account for bending. The resulting homogenized metamaterials exhibit intrinsic generalized elasticity in the continuum limit. We illustrate these properties in specific examples including two-dimensional honeycomb and three-dimensional octet-truss metamaterials.