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Unbiased mechanical cloaks.

Fernando Vasconcelos Senhora¹, Emily D Sanders², Glaucio H Paulino^3,4

¹School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332.

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This study introduces a novel two-stage design method for unbiased elastostatic cloaks, crucial for concealing defects in materials. The approach ensures cloaks perform effectively under various elastic disturbances, validated through advanced manufacturing and experimental testing.

Keywords:

architected materials elastostatic cloaking structural optimization

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Solid Mechanics
Materials Science
Metamaterials

Background:

Distinguishing between reinforcement and true cloaking is vital for designing effective elastic cloaks.
Existing optimization methods often yield biased cloaks, limiting their effectiveness to specific disturbances.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and demonstrate a two-stage optimization approach for designing true, unbiased elastostatic cloaks.
To achieve effective cloaking of defects in elastic media under a wide range of conditions.

Main Methods:

A two-stage optimization process: first, load-case optimization for worst-case scenarios, then topology optimization of cloak microstructure.
Formulating the objective function in terms of energy mismatch to target unbiased cloaking.
Utilizing spinodal architected materials for fabrication and digital light processing additive manufacturing for creating 3D cloaked defects.

Main Results:

The proposed method successfully designs cloaks that approach perfect and unbiased elastostatic cloaking.
Numerical simulations and experimental validation confirm the universal effectiveness of the designed cloaks under various random load cases.
Physical demonstration of a 3D elastostatic cloak concealing a 3D defect in a 3D medium.

Conclusions:

The developed two-stage optimization strategy effectively produces unbiased elastostatic cloaks.
The findings pave the way for practical applications of cloaking technology in materials science and engineering.
Experimental verification confirms the theoretical advancements in achieving robust elastostatic cloaking.