Sandwich structures with repairable cores based on truncated cube cells

With dramatic increase in 3D printing applications in industry, sandwich panels with 3D printed cores have gained a lot of attention recently. In harmony with global movement towards sustainability and low-carbon emission industries, sandwich panels with easy-to-repair and cost-effective cores would be very attractive structures. In this...

3D printing on-water sports boards with bio-inspired core designs

Modeling and analyzing the sports equipment for injury prevention, reduction in cost, and performance enhancement have gained considerable attention in the sports engineering community. In this regard, the structure study of on-water sports board (surfboard, kiteboard, and skimboard) is vital due to its close relation with environmental and...