{"id":34417,"date":"2020-12-04T04:59:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T04:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=34417"},"modified":"2020-12-04T04:59:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T04:59:48","slug":"iit-kanpur-researchers-developed-damaru-inspired-lattice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/iit-kanpur-researchers-developed-damaru-inspired-lattice\/","title":{"rendered":"IIT Kanpur Researchers developed \u2018Damaru\u2019 Inspired Lattice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IIT Kanpur researchers have demonstrated how with the use of a micro-structured hour-glass shaped metastructure in the lattice unit, one can get a wider variation of propagation and stop bands. The hour-glasses are developed in the Smart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key-Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspiration of the lattice they developed has come from a two-headed drum called \u2018Damaru\u2019 or \u2018Damaru\u2019 which is used in ancient Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism. It is said that Lod Shiva has produced a special sound through this musical instrument to create and regulate the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this application, IIT Kanpur researchers have shown the nature of stiffness of a vibrating medium could be altered drastically by controlling the lattice micro-structure from regular honeycomb to auxtetic honeycomb structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has wide applications in the field of vibration isolation in high speed trains, stealth submarines and helicopter rotors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work is sponsored by a SPARC project of Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IIT Kanpur researchers have demonstrated how with the use of a micro-structured hour-glass shaped metastructure in the lattice unit, one can get a wider variation of propagation and stop bands. 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