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• A new perspective in linear Cauchy Elasticity: variational minimum principles for statics, dynamics, and heterogeneous materials

  Amit Acharya

  Downloads: 0 - Submitted 2026-06-23 - Posted 2026-06-23

  • dual_linear_elastodynamics.pdf

• Driven Odd Elasticity in Passive Mechanical Metamaterials

  Mohamad Rahimi, Harold S Park

  • Odd Elasticity Metamaterial non-Hermitian

  Downloads: 2 - Submitted 2026-06-22 - Posted 2026-06-22

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• Thermo-elastic properties of hydrated epoxy-graphene nanocomposites from ensemble-based molecular dynamics simulations

  Maxime Vassaux, Werner A. Müller, James L. Suter, Alexandros Anastasiou, Martin Simmons, David Tilbrook, Peter V. Coveney

  • mechanical behavior
  • hydration
  • molecular dynamics
  • epoxy resin
  • graphene

  Downloads: 11 - Submitted 2026-06-19 - Posted 2026-06-19

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• Conformal Mechanics of Serpentine Meshes for Millimeter-Scale Neural Probes

  Sagidolla Batay, Yulin Zhou, Priyan V. Pathirana, John P. Seymour, Raudel Avila

  • stretchable neural probes
  • serpentine interconnects
  • mesh electronics
  • conformal mechanics
  • finite element analysis

  Downloads: 24 - Submitted 2026-06-19 - Posted 2026-06-19

  • Batay_Manuscript_NeuralProbes

• First-Order Compatible-Strain Mixed Quadrilateral Finite Elements for $2$D Nonlinear Elasticity

  Mohsen Jahanshahi, Damiano Pasini, Arash Yavari

  Downloads: 10 - Submitted 2026-06-18 - Posted 2026-06-18

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• Why is the strength of an elastomeric polymer network so low?

  Shaswat Mohanty, Zhigang Suo, Jose Blanchet, Wei Cai

  Downloads: 35 - Submitted 2026-06-16 - Posted 2026-06-18 - Versions: 2

  • Preprint---published in npj Computational Materials

• Interpenetrating Gyroid Lattice - Foam Composites with Synergistically Enhanced Stiffness and Energy Absorption for Impact Mitigation

  Jizhe Cai, Bhanugoban Maheswaran, Emmanuel Dada, Hridyesh Tewani, Pavana Prabhakar, Ramathasan Thevamaran

  Downloads: 13 - Submitted 2026-06-16 - Posted 2026-06-16

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• Inward buckling of spiral layered structures subject to volumetric expansion and external constraint

  Xinran Shi, Juner Zhu

  • Archimedean spirals
  • layered structures
  • volumetric expansion
  • Rayleigh--Ritz method
  • buckling instability

  Downloads: 108 - Submitted 2026-06-15 - Posted 2026-06-15

  • Manuscript.pdf

• Crack-Parallel Tension Effects on Fracture of Soft Knitted Polymer Composites deduced from Gap Tests via Microplane Triads

  Xiaoxiao Ding, Yanzhao Niu, Yang Zhao, Hongshun Chen, Chanhyeong Bae, Anh T. Nguyen, Horacio D. Espinosa, Zdeněk P. Bažant, Jian Cao

  • fracture and damage
  • large strain
  • knitted fiber composites
  • silicone elastomers
  • microplane triad model
  • finite element analysis

  Downloads: 68 - Submitted 2026-06-12 - Posted 2026-06-12 - Versions: 2

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• A closed-form correction for three-point bend testing of functionally graded beams, with application to endovascular devices

  Charles Suskin, Juan Becerra-García, Yosef Granillo, Michael Qiu, Yuxuan Huang, Mohamed Zayed, Joshua Osbun, Guy Genin

  Downloads: 38 - Submitted 2026-06-12 - Posted 2026-06-12

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