@Article{icces.2024.013372,
AUTHOR = {Yuanyuan Tian, Kun Zhou},
TITLE = {Additively Manufactured Dual-Faced Structured Fabric for Shape-Adaptive Protection},
JOURNAL = {The International Conference on Computational \& Experimental Engineering and Sciences},
VOLUME = {32},
YEAR = {2024},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {1--1},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/icces/v32n2/58891},
ISSN = {1933-2815},
ABSTRACT = {Fabric-based materials have demonstrated promise for high-performance wearable applications but are currently restricted by their deficient mechanical properties. Here, we leverage the design freedom offered by additive manufacturing and a novel interlocking pattern to for the first time fabricate a dual-faced chain mail structure consisting of three-dimensional re-entrant unit cells. The flexible structured fabric demonstrates high specific energy absorption and specific strength of up to 1530 J/kg and 5900 N·m/kg, respectively, together with an excellent recovery ratio of ~80%, thereby overcoming the strength–recoverability trade-off. The designed dual-faced structured fabric compares favorably against a wide range of materials proposed for wearable applications, attributed to the synergetic strengthening of the energy-absorbing re-entrant unit cells and their unique topological interlocking. This work advocates the combined design of energy-absorbing unit cells and their interlocking to extend the application prospects of fabric-based materials to shape-adaptive protection.},
DOI = {10.32604/icces.2024.013372}
}