Below is an example application, deformation of an eight million cell multiblock mesh for the MDO wing. The first image below (left) shows the surface mesh, deformed by an exaggarated 18th structural ...

Push an object's ends together, eg when an empty drinks can is squashed. A rubber band undergoes elastic deformation when stretched a little. A metal drinks can undergoes inelastic deformation ...

A rubber band undergoes elastic deformation when stretched a little. A metal drinks can undergoes plastic deformation when it is squashed.

A Chinese research team has developed a single-step femtosecond laser 4D printing technology that enables rapid and precise ...