Energy absorption and impact mechanics of origami structures and materials

该项目旨在通过跨学科的方法来理解折纸结构和超材料的动态行为。该项目期望在折纸工程和结构力学领域产生新的知识。该项目的成功将为研究折纸家庭的能量吸收和冲击力学奠定基础；基础物理和力学将应用于表征微观结构和设计新颖的超材料，并提供一种探索具有优越和可调性能的新材料的方法。这将大大提高其在车辆、军舰和海上工程等应用中的安全性、稳定性和可靠性。

This project aims to understand the dynamic behaviour of origami structures and metamaterials by utilising interdisciplinary approaches. This project expects to generate new knowledge in the areas of origami engineering and structural mechanics. The success of this project will form a foundation for studying energy absorption and impact mechanics of origami family; the fundamental physics and mechanics will be applied to characterise microstructures and design novel metamaterials and offer a way of exploring new materials with superior and tuneable performance. This should provide significant benefits to improvement of their safety, stability and reliability performance in applications such as vehicles, warships and offshore engineering.