Prof. Dr. Graeme Milton from the University of Utah gives a lecture titled “From Pentamodes to Cable Webs to Masonry Structures” at the Institute of Applied Physics (APH) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) on Friday, March 8, 2024. In his lecture, he will show how to design discrete networks that mimic the stress-guiding properties of pentamode materials, with applications in obstacle avoidance and masonry-inspired structures. In 1995, Milton and Andrei Cherkaev predicted the existence of pentamode materials, which are solids that behave like liquids. In 2012, Cluster PI Martin Wegener developed a process to produce these materials using 3D printers. The lecture will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at room 6-1.
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