Spring manufacturers have given attention to ensure the quality of springs by testing them under different ranges of compression and tension forces. These tests help a manufacturer to determine the ...

Failure in most material systems is characterized by strain localization, where deformation concentrates within a narrow region. Recently, a class of truss-based metamaterials has been shown to ...

A vast number of items in our modern world include a spring of some shape or size to ensure that the technology performs the desired function. Whether it’s the lock in a door, click in your computer ...