Yves J. M. Brechet J. David Embury Patrick R. Onck
In terms of design, multifunctional requirements are becoming the rule. While previous decades were driven by the development of new materials, this new engineering approach calls for the development of 'tailored materials'. Very often, contradictory requirements cannot be met by a single material. Fortunately, various innovative strategies are possible -associating different materials, playing with materials architectures (such as foams and truss lattices), or developing microstructural gradients. While these strategies open a whole new range of materials and properties, where structural...
In terms of design, multifunctional requirements are becoming the rule. While previous decades were driven by the development of new materials, this n...