Bézier-based metamaterials: Synthesis, mechanics and additive manufacturing

The design of mechanical metamaterials often uses lattice arrangements being benefited from the increase in Additive Manufacturing technologies available. Such design freedom allows the fabrication of lattice arrangements with complex curved geometries. Here we propose a whole family of novel lattice matematerials parametrized using cubic Bézier curves. The methodology presented permits the generation of unit cells with different degrees of...