Summary: A figure of merit that enables comparisons between cellular material designs should ideally isolate effects of geometry from composition, especially in the context of the greater design freedom enabled by Additive Manufacturing. In this post I discuss three different metrics that may be used for this purpose and discuss the pros and cons of each.
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Summary: Second of a two-part post on developing a taxonomy of cellular materials. This post focuses on 3D cellular materials. A previous post addressed 2D (prismatic) cellular materials.
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Summary: A synthesis of different taxonomies of cellular materials. Part 1 of this post discusses 2D prismatic structures.
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Freedom and Responsibility – Unit cells – Cell Size Distribution – Parameters – Integration
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