arXiv:2607. 14475v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Disordered metamaterials feature microstructures with inherent randomness and irregularity, enabling them to achieve broader property coverage and superior performance unavailable in their regular counterparts.
By Yujie Xiang, Liwei Wang
This paper presents a morphogenetic graph‑generation framework that builds mechanical lattices by sequentially adding nodes from a discrete dot matrix, mirroring natural growth processes. The resulting 3D lattices are evaluated with finite‑element analysis and encoded as graphs, which a graph convolutional neural network (GCNN) uses to learn a topology‑property map and predict compressive stiffness. By coupling the GCNN surrogate with rapid sampling, the authors perform inverse design to achieve target stiffness values and extend the method to curved, nonlinear beams for shape‑programming applications.
By Weiyun Xu, Jiamu Liu
The paper introduces a data‑driven framework for modeling the hyperelastic and viscoelastic behavior of digital materials made by multi‑material 3D printing. It extends a classical constitutive formulation by Bergström and Boyce, preserving multiplicative kinematics and invariant‑based strain‑energy functions while learning equilibrium and nonequilibrium parameters from multi‑rate uniaxial compression data across different compositions. The approach can either predict closed‑form model parameters as functions of composition or construct polyconvex strain‑energy functions using neural ordinary differential equations, ensuring thermodynamic consistency and capturing rate‑dependent stiffness and hysteresis.
By Josu\'e Garc\'ia-\'Avila (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York City, USA), Beijun Shen (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York City, USA), Manuel K. Rausch (Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA), Mary C. Boyce (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York City, USA), Adri\'an Buganza-Tepole (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York City, USA)
arXiv:2606. 28996v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Short-fiber thermoplastic (SFT) composites are increasingly employed in lightweight aerospace and automotive structures owing to their favorable strength-to-weight ratio, high production rates, and recyclability.
By Pharindra Pathak (Auburn University, Oakridge National Lab, NASA Glenn Research Center, Auburn University, Auburn University), Vipin Kumar (Auburn University, Oakridge National Lab, NASA Glenn Research Center, Auburn University, Auburn University), Trenton M. Ricks (Auburn University, Oakridge National Lab, NASA Glenn Research Center, Auburn University, Auburn University), Suhasini Gururaja (Auburn University, Oakridge National Lab, NASA Glenn Research Center, Auburn University, Auburn University), Siddhartha Srivastava (Auburn University, Oakridge National Lab, NASA Glenn Research Center, Auburn University, Auburn University)
arXiv:2602. 17750v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: A key problem of solid mechanics is the identification of the constitutive law of a material, that is, the relation between strain history and stress.
By Chenyi Ji, Kian P. Abdolazizi, Hagen Holthusen, Christian J. Cyron, Kevin Linka
arXiv:2606. 10909v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reconstructing local stress fields in heterogeneous microstructures under non-linear, history-dependent loading remains a major computational bottleneck in multi-scale simulations.
By Manuel Ricardo Guevara Garban, Yves Chemisky, \'Etienne Pruli\`ere, Micha\"el Cl\'ement, Martin Abendroth, Bj\"orn Kiefer