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Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties and Applications

Lorna Gibson · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course reviews the processing and structure of cellular materials as they are created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites, develops models for the mechanical behavior of cellular solids, and shows how the unique properties of honeycombs and foams are exploited in applications such as lightweight structural panels, energy absorption devices and thermal insulation. The applications of cellular solids in medicine include increased fracture risk due to trabecular bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, the development of metal foam coatings for orthopaedic implants, and designing porous scaffolds for tissue engineering that mimic the extracellular matrix. Modelling of cellular materials applied to natural materials and biomimicking is explored. Students taking the graduate version of the class are required to complete additional assignments.

Lectures

Video Lectures

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview 1 h 6 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Processing of Cellular Solids 1 h 15 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Structure of Cellular Solids 1 h 16 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Honeycombs: In-plane Behavior 1 h 16 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: Honeycombs: Out-of-plane Behavior 1 h 13 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: Natural Honeycombs: Wood 1 h 19 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: Natural Honeycombs: Cork; Foams: Linear Elasticity 1 h 7 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: Foams: Non-linear Elasticity 1 h 10 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: Foams: Thermal Properties 59 min · Video
  10. Lecture 10: Exam Review 1 h 8 min · Video
  11. Lecture 11: Trabecular Bone and Osteoporosis 1 h 15 min · Video
  12. Lecture 12: Osteoporosis and Evolution 1 h 10 min · Video
  13. Lecture 13: Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: Processing and Properties 1 h 13 min · Video
  14. Lecture 14: Tissue Engineering: Osteochondral Scaffold; How To Write a Paper 57 min · Video
  15. Lecture 15: Cell-scaffold Interactions; Energy Absorption 1 h 14 min · Video
  16. Lecture 16: Applications: Energy Absorption in Foams 1 h 11 min · Video
  17. Lecture 17: Sandwich Panels 1 h 15 min · Video
  18. Lecture 18: Natural Sandwich Structures; Density Gradients 35 min · Video
  19. Lecture 19: Biomimicking 31 min · Video
  20. Lecture 20: How I Became a Professor YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
Teacher
Lorna Gibson
Term
Spring 2015
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Engineering
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Lorna Gibson. Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties and Applications. Spring 2015. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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