Yang, Y., Read, H., Sbai, M., Zareei, A., Forte, A. E., Mélançon, D., & Bertoldi, K. (2024). Complex Deformation in Soft Cylindrical Structures via Programmable Sequential Instabilities. Advanced Materials, 202406611 (6 pages).
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Mélançon, David

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David Mélançon (21)
- Journal articles (11)
- 2024
Journal article Journal article Liétard, Y., Therriault, D., & Mélançon, D. (2024). Exploiting Geometric Frustration in Coupled von Mises Trusses to Program Multifunctional Mechanical Metamaterials. Advanced Engineering Materials.
- 2023
Journal article Forte, A. E., Mélançon, D., Zanati, M., De Giorgi, M., & Bertoldi, K. (2023). Chiral mechanical metamaterials for tunable optical transmittance. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(20), 2214897 (7 pages).
- 2022
Journal article Mélançon, D., Forte, A. E., Kamp, L. M., Gorissen, B., & Bertoldi, K. (2022). Inflatable origami: Multimodal deformation via multistability. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(35), 2201891.
- 2021
Journal article Mhatre, S., Boatti, E., Mélançon, D., Zareei, A., Dupont, M., Bechthold, M., & Bertoldi, K. (2021). Deployable structures based on buckling of curved beams upon a rotational input. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(35), 2101144.Journal article Mélançon, D., Gorissen, B., García-Mora, C. J., Hoberman, C., & Bertoldi, K. (2021). Multistable inflatable origami structures at the metre scale. Nature, 592(7855), 545-550.Journal article Moussa, A., Mélançon, D., El Elmi, A., & Pasini, D. (2021). Topology optimization of imperfect lattice materials built with process-induced defects via powder bed fusion. Additive Manufacturing, 37, 101608.
- 2020
Journal article El Elmi, A., Mélançon, D., Asgari, M., Liu, L., & Pasini, D. (2020). Experimental and numerical investigation of selective laser melting-induced defects in Ti-6Al-4V octet truss lattice material: the role of material microstructure and morphological variations. Journal of Materials Research, 35(15), 1900-1912.Journal article Gorissen, B., Mélançon, D., Vasios, N., Torbati, M., & Bertoldi, K. (2020). Inflatable soft jumper inspired by shell snapping. Science Robotics, 5(42), eabb1967.
- 2017
Journal article Bagheri, Z. S., Mélançon, D., Liu, L., Johnston, R. B., & Pasini, D. (2017). Compensation strategy to reduce geometry and mechanics mismatches in porous biomaterials built with selective laser melting. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 70, 17-27.Journal article Mélançon, D., Bagheri, Z. S., Johnston, R. B., Liu, L., Tanzer, M., & Pasini, D. (2017). Mechanical characterization of structurally porous biomaterials built via additive manufacturing: experiments, predictive models, and design maps for load-bearing bone replacement implants. Acta Biomaterialia, 63, 350-368.
- 2024
- Conference papers (7)
- 2023
Conference paper Garon, J., Routier, A.-L., Mélançon, D., & Gosselin, F. (2023, May). Morphogenesis through mechanical instabilities : wrinkles and ruffles formation during the growth of kelp blades [Abstract]. Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) / Computational Fluid Dynamics Society of Canada (CFD Canada). International congress, Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada. Published in Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering, 6.
- 2022
Conference paper Mélançon, D., & Pasini, D. (2022, October). 3d-printing metal is hard : the role of manufacturing imperfections in the design of high-strength porous biomaterials to replace bone tissue [Paper]. 3rd International Workshop on Reliability and Design of Additively Manufactured Materials (RdAMM2 2022), Belgrade, Serbia.Conference paper Bray, D., Mélançon, D., & Bertoldi, K. (2022, March). Exploring structural instabilities in ridge-reinforced soft cylinders [Abstract]. APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago, Ill.. Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 67(3).Conference paper Pernigoni, L., Farhadi, D., Mélançon, D., Grande, A., & Bertoldi, K. Multimodal locomotion via folding of a degree-four vertex [Abstract]. APS March Meeting Abstracts.
- 2021
Conference paper Mélançon, D., Bertoldi, K., Gorissen, B., & Hoberman, C. Multistable inflatable origami structures at the meter-scale [Abstract]. APS March Meeting Abstracts.
- 2019
Conference paper Gorissen, B., Mélançon, D., Vasios, N., Torbati, M., & Bertoldi, K. Energy release through volume snapping in soft inflatable actuators [Abstract]. APS March Meeting Abstracts.Conference paper Mélançon, D., Hoberman, C., Gorissen, B., Garcia Mora, C., Yang, Y., Ku, J., Demaine, E., & Bertoldi, K. Inflatable origami-inspired structures [Abstract]. APS March Meeting Abstracts.
- 2023
- Reports (1)
- 2024
Report Boisneault, L. P. J. C., Audet, C., & Mélançon, D. (2024). Blackbox optimization for origami-inspired bistable structures. (Technical Report n° G-2024-51).
- 2024
- Theses (2)
- 2022
Thesis Mélançon, D. (2022). Functionality through multistability: From deployable structures to soft robots [Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University].
- 2017
Thesis Mélançon, D. (2017). Structural porous biomaterials to replace bone tissue design, manufacturing, and mechanical characterization [Master's Thesis, McGill University (Canada)].
- 2022