What the study reports
The study tests printed TPU closed-cell lattices under cyclic quasi-static compression. The abstract identifies groove count as the strongest geometric influence on stiffness, plateau response and hysteretic energy dissipation among the configurations studied. A graded design changes the plateau slope. A phenomenological model represents both loading and unloading, including displacement-rate dependence. [1]
What this does not establish
Coverage is limited to the publisher abstract and author metadata. Sample counts, quantitative model errors and long-term durability were not accessible. Compression hysteresis does not by itself establish vibration attenuation, a resonant bandgap or performance on an attached host.
Our engineering reading
In our interpretation, grooves offer a geometric control parameter for recoverable compression structures. Dynamic damping applications need frequency-dependent characterization and testing under their actual loading and boundary conditions.
Editorial interpretation; not an additional measured result.Spring-inspired corrugated lattice metamaterial: Mechanical characterization and hysteresis modeling
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology · 29 September 2026
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-026-19159-2- Publisher version of record PRIMARY SOURCE · publisher · checked 6 October 2026
- Crossref bibliographic metadata · metadata · checked 6 October 2026
Scientific coverage: Publisher abstract and complete author/affiliation metadata; full scientific text was not accessible.. Source check: 6 October 2026.
Metadata enrichment does not imply that the full scientific methods were reviewed.