Engineers designed modular, spring-like devices to maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid robots. Our muscles are nature's perfect actuators -- devices ...

Until now, designing complex metamaterials with specific mechanical properties required large and costly experimental and simulation datasets. The method enables ...

Fastening and joining components are foundational elements in machine design, directly influencing the structural integrity, operational reliability and manufacturability of engineered systems.

An overview of fatigue failure and how it affects mechanical systems. How FEA software enables engineers to predict fatigue failure points on structural designs, before the manufacturing process. From ...

According to the Cadillac's design team, one of the design features on the all-electric Cadillac Vistiq draws direct ...