Research Status and Trend of Design and Addictive Manufacturing for Mechanical Metamaterials with Energy Absorption

Zhi Zhang; Bo Song; Xiaobo Wang; Lei Zhang; Junxiang Fan; Shuaishuai Wei; Yusheng Shi

doi:10.3788/CJL202249.1402022

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