Mechanical Cloaks of Invisibility -- Without Complicated Mathematics (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Mechanical Cloaks of Invisibility -- Without Complicated Mathematics (1 of 2)

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In a regular honeycomb structure (left), a hole is compensated by a distortion (right). External forces act as if the hole would not exist.

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Figure: T. Bückmann/KIT

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