Lecture Notes

The lecture notes for this course have been transcribed for accessibility. The handwritten notes and corresponding transcribed notes included in the table below contain the same information.

Some of the images originally contained in these notes have been excluded due to copyright restrictions. To see more of the images, please refer to the following books:

  • Buy at Amazon Gibson, L. J., and M. F. Ashby. Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780521495608. [Preview with Google Books]
  • Buy at Amazon Gibson, L. J., M. F. Ashby, and B. A. Harley. Cellular Materials in Nature and Medicine. Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521195447. [Preview with Google Books]
  • Buy at Amazon Ashby, M. F., A. G. Evans, et al. Metal Foams: A Design Guide. Society of Automotive Engineers Inc, 2000. ISBN: 9780768005554. [Preview with Google Books]

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LEC # TOPICS Slides with Handwritten NOTES Slides with Transcribed Notes
1 Introduction and overview Lecture 1: Introduction (PDF - 3.2MB) No transcription version
2 Structure of cellular solids This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 2: Structure (PDF - 3.9MB) Lecture 2: Structure (PDF - 1.7MB)
3 Processing of cellular solids This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 3: Processing (PDF - 2.3MB) Lecture 3: Processing (PDF - 2.3MB)
4 Honeycombs: In-plane behaviour This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 4: Honeycombs: In-plane (PDF - 6.2MB) Lecture 4: Honeycombs: In-plane (PDF - 3.3MB)
5 Honeycombs: Out-of-plane behaviour This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 5: Honeycombs: Out-of-plane (PDF - 2.0MB) Lecture 5: Honeycombs: Out-of-plane (PDF)
6 Natural honeycombs: Wood, cork

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 6: Wood (PDF - 4.1MB)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 6: Cork (PDF - 4.0MB)

Lecture 6: Wood (PDF - 1.8MB)

Lecture 6: Cork (PDF - 3.7MB)
7 Foams: Linear elasticity, strength, densification, fracture This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 7: Foams (PDF - 7.1MB) Lecture 7: Foams (PDF - 6.3MB)
8 Foams: Microstructural design, lattice materials, property charts This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 8: Foam design (PDF - 4.2MB) Lecture 8: Foam design (PDF - 3.8MB)
9 Foams: Thermal properties This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 9: Thermal properties (PDF - 3.0MB) Lecture 9: Thermal properties (PDF - 2.0MB)
10-11 Trabecular bone and osteoporosis This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lectures 10-11: Trabecular bone (PDF - 8.3MB) Lectures 10-11: Trabecular bone (PDF - 6.7MB)
12 Guest lecture: Prof. Mike Demkowicz: Nanofoams

Lecture 12: Nanofoams notes (PDF) (Courtesy of M. J. Demkowicz. Used with permission.)

Lecture 12: Nanofoams slides (PDF - 2.6MB) (Courtesy of M. J. Demkowicz. Used with permission.)

No transcription version
13 Guest lecture: Dr. Nihan Tuncer: Metal foams Lecture 13: Cellular materials (PDF - 1.9MB) (Courtesy of Nihan Tuncer. Used with permission.) No transcription version
14 Tissue engineering scaffolds: Processing and properties This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 14: Tissue engineering scaffolds (PDF - 2.4MB) Lecture 14: Tissue engineering scaffolds (PDF - 1.6MB)
15 Tissue engineering scaffolds case study: Osteochondral scaffold Lecture 15: Osteochondral scaffold (PDF - 2.7MB) No transcription version
16 Cell-scaffold interactions: Attachment, morphology, contraction, migration, differentiation This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 16: Cell-scaffold interactions (PDF - 6.2MB) Lecture 16: Cell-scaffold interactions (PDF - 9.3MB)
17 Applications: Energy absorption This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 17: Energy absorption (PDF - 6.4MB) Lecture 17: Energy absorption (PDF - 5.1MB)
18-19 Applications: Sandwich panels This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lectures 18-19: Sandwich panels (PDF - 4.5MB) Lectures 18-19: Sandwich panels (PDF - 3.1MB)
20 Natural sandwich structures + density gradients; Hierarchical structure and mechanics of plant materials This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 20: Natural sandwich structures (PDF - 2.0MB) Lecture 20: Natural sandwich structures (PDF - 1.8MB)
21 Biomimicking Lecture 21: Biomimicking (PDF - 1.8MB) No transcription version