Torsion-Resistant Nature-Inspired Structures: History
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The complexity of torsional load, its three-dimensional nature, its combination with other stresses, and its disruptive impact make torsional failure prevention an ambitious goal. However, even if the problem has been addressed for decades, a deep and organized treatment is still lacking in the actual research landscape. For this reason, this review aims at presenting a methodical approach to address torsional issues starting from a punctual problem definition. Accidents and breaks due to torsion, which often occur in different engineering fields such as mechanical, biomedical, and civil industry are considered and critically compared. More in depth, the limitations of common-designed torsion-resistant structures (i.e., high complexity and increased weight) are highlighted, and emerge as a crucial point for a deeper nature-driven analysis of novel solutions. In this context, an accurate screening of torsion-resistant bio-inspired unit cells is presented, taking inspiration specifically from plants, that are often subjected to the torsional effect of winds. As future insights, the actual state of technology suggests an innovative transposition to the industry: these unit cells could be prominently implied to develop novel metamaterials that could be able to address the torsional issue with a multi-scale and tailored arrangement.

  • torsional failures
  • torsional resistance
  • process model
  • bio-inspired structures
  • metamaterials

1. Introduction: The Destructive Power of Torsional Load and the Extended Interest in It

The evolution in approaching the torsional problem across years is presented in Figure 1 , which reports the occurrence of publications dedicated to torsional analysis and a comparison with works dedicated to other more commonly applied loads such as tension, compression, and bending. It is immediately evident that the research devoted to the torsional problem is drastically limited in comparison with the more common loads, specifically because of the already mentioned reasons.

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Figure 1. The infographic presents the evolution in approaching the torsional problem across years and the occurrence of publications dedicated to torsional analysis from 1850 until today. For each period, the comparison of torsional works with the papers dedicated to other commonly applied loads (tension, compression, and bending) is reported. The green boxes focus on the evolution of the analytical approach and their limitations; the light-blue boxes refer to issues related to the experimental approach. Violet boxes are dedicated to observations concerning the numerical approach, while the purple rectangle concerns bio-inspiration strategies. In pink, the latest trends in addressing the torsional problem are reported.

An area of interest in which torsion is a matter of concern is civil engineering , where the aim is to better comprehend the behavior of buildings, bridges, or simply concrete beams under torsional static loads or dynamic loads, as in case of seismic events. In 1969, the theory of torsion in this sector has been described in more detail by Koll-Brunner and Basler [1], focusing on methods for the analysis of torsion of single-span or continuous members through the use of familiar tools for structural engineers. These solid, thin-walled, open or closed cross section structures are base elements for constructions, which even actually embrace torsion-related failures. For instance, as explained in the research of Kawashima et al. [2], piers of a skewed bridge could fail if subjected to extensive torsion damage (shown in Figure 2 A) as a consequence of an earthquake. The damage was a direct effect of seismic activity and it could be clearly recognized that the torsional fatigue failure crack had a 45° inclination.

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Figure 2. Failure due to torsional load affect many fields of interest such as civil (A,B), mechanical (C–E), electronic (F), biomedical (G–I), aircraft (J,K), and marine (L,M) engineering. For each sector, specific torsional-related failures are reported.

To be more precise, the load generated on bridge columns, foundations, walls, and in other civil structures is never steady and pure torsion, but usually a combination of different types of applied loads [3][4], characterized by a cyclic nature as analyzed by Kelly et al. [5]. Indeed, reinforced concrete beams, which undergo torsion failure, are a matter of concern even if strengthened with FRPs (fiber reinforced polymers), specifically designed for constructions. However, research on this topic is extremely limited [3], even though many authors have focused their research on beams under pure torsion condition, and specifically on both open section beams as in U-shaped thin-walled analyzed by Chen et al. [6] ( Figure 2 B), and closed section beams such as those described by Chariolis [7], Rao et al. [8], and Mondal et al. [3]. Again, in Figure 2 B, the typical inclination of 45° of torsional fatigue failure cracks could be observed. Note that the first attempts in investigating concrete beams under torsion loads go back to 1900 [9]: in the first fifty years of the twentieth century, many suggestions to determine a reliable analytical criterion and methodology for concrete beams subjected to combined stress due to bending and torsion were proposed [9][10]. As reported by Fisher [9], who performed both experimental tests on cylindrical reinforced concrete beams, a suitable failure criterion in these conditions could be maximum stress theory. As further reported by Kemp et al. in 1971 [10], the major issue related to reinforced concrete subjected to torsional load is that the applied loading condition is neither homogeneous nor isotropic. This leads to a lack of mathematical rigor and thus uncertainty in the design phase. Another possible reason for the lack of studies on torsion in civil structures relies on the fact that buildings are usually assumed to be composed of articulated simple vertical or horizontal elements specifically arranged so that torsion could be eliminated in the structural analysis. In case it could not be completely neglected, torsion is usually included in the safety factor choice in the design phase. Not only methods to prevent torsion failure, but torsion failure mechanisms have also been analyzed with the aim to better recognize and characterize them. Indeed, as previously anticipated, one of the main issues related to torsion analysis is that it is difficult to isolate, recognize, and observe, usually combined with other types of load (i.e., bending [9][11][12]). These usually have shell geometries, characterized by a far more complex analysis of stresses and strains if compared to beams [1]. To approach this complexity, many authors have suggested tailored torsion analysis methods, as in the case of Kumari et al. [13], who analyzed the behavior of a conoidal shell. Similarly, Zheleznov et al. [14] focused their attention on the issues of the stability of elliptical cylindrical shells subjected to torsion and internal pressure and solve them from the analytical point of view in the case of nonlinear deformation.

This difficulty must be added to another issue related to torsion analysis, concerning the fact that this type of load is rarely the primary cause of failure: it is often combined with bending [15] and it frequently does not directly cause failure, even though it contributes to it. One of the actual challenges is to determine the contribution of torsion and to associate its effects in terms of strains and deformations.

2. Common-Designed Torsion-Resistant Structures

According to the specific application, structures and features with specific torsion resistant features have been designed and are reported in Table 1 . Many of these structures have been commonly applied since the 1970s, as in the case of ship torsion boxes and torsional energy absorption devices, others have been introduced in the late nineties such as in the case of composite transmission power shafts. Some, such as the adaptive torsion wings, have only been conceptually modeled and lately investigated.

Table 1. Common-designed torsion resistant structures. In the table, the fields of interest, a schematic of torsion-resistant components, their potentialities, and limitations are highlighted.
Structure Field of Interest Schematic of the Structure Potentialities Limitations
Torsional energy absorbing devices [5] Civil engineering Materials 14 05368 i001
Adapted with permission from [5]. Copyright 1972 J. M. Kelly, R. I. Skinner, A. J. Heine
  • Sole specific task to absorb kinetic energy generated in the structure;
  • Independent device with respect to the structure as a whole;
  • Allow the structure to operate under simpler and less severe conditions: better distribution of deformation.
  • High costs;
  • Torsional load in cyclic conditions are entirely sustained by this device [5].
AR-Brace energy absorbing devices [16] Civil engineering Materials 14 05368 i002
Adapted with permission from [16].
  • Lower inelastic energy dissipation on the structure’s framing system, reducing structural damage;
  • Reduce floor accelerations and base shear;
  • Reduce structural torsion adding both rigidity and dumping.
  • High complexity of the device, which is intended for passive control of vibrations and vibration-dependent responses.
Helicoidal steel reinforcements in concrete [10][17] Civil engineering Materials 14 05368 i003
  • Overcome the limitations in space and strength;
  • If the helical reinforcement varies between 0.4 and 1.0%, torsional strength increases from 20 to 50%, regardless the fact that of longitudinal bars are added or not [10][17];
  • Increase reinforced beam ductility (at least 400–600% more deflection).
  • Advantages are observed only if a high compressive strength concrete (70 MPa) is used instead of common concrete (32 MPa) [10][17];
  • Adjustments do not respect norms requirements (AS3600);
  • +250% increase in costs [18].
Composite power shafts [19][20][21][18][22][23][24][25] Mechanical engineering Materials 14 05368 i004
Adapted with permission from [20].
  • Increase in torque capability of 160% with respect to hollow conventional shafts;
  • Mass reduction of 75% with respect to hollow conventional shafts;
  • Elastic properties can be tailored to increase torque and rotational speed.
  • Stress intensity factors at crack tip and holes must be studied for inhomogeneous materials.
Wings internal struts [26] Aircraft engineering Materials 14 05368 i005
Adapted with permission from [26].
  • Increase in torsional stiffness, up to 7 times the open cell foam structure;
  • Lightweight structure;
  • Limited deformability.
  • Complexity of stress analysis in frame structures;
  • Struts must be placed exactly where combined torsion and bending are most dangerous.
Active aeroelastic structure devices [27] Aircraft engineering Materials 14 05368 i006
  • Torsional stiffness can be reduced while limiting shear center shift through translation of both front and rear web inwards.
  • Very high complexity in the design and control;
  • Increase in system weight (+2–5% of the structural wing weight) [27].
Torsion boxes [28][29] Marine engineering Materials 14 05368 i007
Adapted with permission from [29].		 Lower stresses generated in the hull thanks to:
  • large torsional stiffness in the cellular configuration;
  • reduction of huge stress concentrations caused by axial or shear stresses in torsion
  • Introduction of geometric discontinuities in the hull of ships;
  • Complex torsional and flexural loads characterization.

It can be observed that the common-designed torsion-resistant structures are characterized by some limitations. For instance, many of them are quite complex from the geometrical point of view: on one hand, this leads to the high complexity of numerical stress analysis and can affect the stress distribution, eventually causing local stress concentrations. On the other hand, the complexity of structures increases the costs of design and production of up to more than 250% if compared to conventional structures. The other main issue is weight increase, which could affect the performance of the components.

It is important to highlight the necessity to overcome these evident limitations through a transversal approach, considering the impressive power of nature-designed solutions [28].

3. Overcoming the Limitations of Traditional Structures from a Natural Perspective

Innovative solutions to face the torsional issue have recently been searched in nature, interrogated as a source of inspiration [28][30]. Many natural structures are subjected to torsional loads; some examples are tree trunks and wood cells and every bird and insect wing. Nature deals with torsion since the first birth species and the result is that there exist many systems in nature that develop torsion resistance through specific mechanisms and/or structural arrangements. For this reason, researchers consider nature as a qualified source of inspiration to develop torsion-resistant structures. Indeed, biomimicry and bio-inspiration are sciences based exactly on this concept [31], according to which scientists should respectively mime nature or let their research be inspired by it, lowering as much as possible the impact on the Earth and obtaining more sophisticated technologies, processes, and ecosystems [32][33]. Biological materials are able to optimally perform under different loads due to their complex and hierarchical structures, which go from macroscale to microscale [34]. Indeed, biological structures vary at different levels [35] and the interaction between them could provide specific torsional properties to the system as a whole. As an example, the complex hierarchical structure of wood is illustrated in Figure 3 and is characterized by more than five levels of hierarchy, as described in International Standard ISO 18457 (2016) on biomimetics [36][37]. Note that the multi-layer concentric cylindric structure of wood cells provide torsion resistance [38] and that the helicoidal transitions at the microscale avoid discontinuities in the change of properties between different levels of the entire structure [39].

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Figure 3. Hierarchical structure of wood from macroscale to microscale. Multi-layer concentric cylindric architecture and helicoidal transition are peculiarities that allow for torsion resistance and a progressive transition of properties, respectively.

To develop torsional bioinspired structures, the problem analysis should be performed first (i.e., the description of the problem related to torsion resistance). Examples of problem analysis are reported in Section 1.1 , together with a detailed collection of components and structures commonly subjected to torsional damage or failure. There are many fields of interest in which the development of an optimal torsion resistant structure might lead to an improvement in conventionally designed engineering components. For this reason, potentially prominent biological models were analyzed and critically compared.

A different example of a natural torsion-resistant unit cell in which helices are present is Bouligand’s structure [40] ( Table 2 , fourth unit cell), largely diffused in most arthropod cuticle. Indeed, the arthropod epidermal cells are characterized by a periodic architecture, with a helicoidal stacking of unidirectional chitin–protein fibrils set in an amorphous matrix [39][41]. The name of this structure comes from Bouligand, who dedicated his studies on the description of this twisted fibrous arrangement, which has then been largely observed in biological materials and tested under torsion [40]. Typically, Bouligand’s model could be recognized by a characteristic parabolic pattern that can be geometrically interpreted as an oblique section visualization of the layered and twisted structure resembling plywood [42], where consecutive layers of fibrils have a constant angle of twisting.

Table 2. Torsion-resistant biomimetic unit cells are selected, the biological source, and the schematic of the structure is reported. Additionally, specific torsion-resistant features are highlighted, in accordance with the performed mechanical/numerical tests.
Bio-Inspired Structure Biological Organism Unit Cell Structure Torsion Resistant Features Performed Tests
Helicoidal laminae in solid or hollow cylinders [22][43][44][45][46][47] Tusk of narwhal, hippopotamus, African and Indian elephant, sperm and killer whale, boar, walrus Materials 14 05368 i008
Adapted with permission from [43]		 Fibers tangential to cylinder’s axis are helicoidally arranged. Helix-reinforced composite, ZrO2 and epoxy (60:40), 45°:
  • Shear strength: 5.5 ± 0.7 GPa
Ivory:
  • Flexural strength: 378 MPa
  • Fracture toughness: 2 MPa m1/2
Multi-layer concentric cylindric architecture [37][38][48][49][50][51] Wood cells, bone osteons, insect cuticle and skeleton of glass sponges Materials 14 05368 i009
Adapted with permission from [52]		 Cylindric layers can have:
  • aligned fibers in each layer with cylindrical helicoidal grading;
  • helical fibers with variable angles of pitch with a more complex texture.
 0Wood cell-wall with cellulose microfibril angle of 50° → fracture strain: 13.5%;
Bone osteons → compressive modulus of lamellae: 20 GPa
Wood-inspired composite → compressive modulus variation for a winding angle of 45°: +150%
Helically reinforced cylinder [52][26][39][53][54][55][56][57][58] Root cortex cells of most Asplenium species, herbaceous plants (sunflower), tree stem Materials 14 05368 i010 Fibers arranged according to single or double helices on a cylindrical surface. Tree stem (14 cm of diameter) → breaking load in torsion test: 275 MPa
Twisted plywood (Bouligand’s structure) [39][40][41][42][51][59][60][61][62][63][64][65] Arthropod cuticle (crab, lobster, mantis shrimp, arachnids and myriapods), Materials 14 05368 i011
Adapted with permission from [65]		 Layered and twisted structure in which consecutive layers of parallel fibers have a constant angle of twisting. Bouligand composite structure, RGD720 and polyester (22:78) → Peak torque: 7.5 Nm, Rotation: 2.0 ± 5.3 × 10–2 rad
Impact forces repetitively endured: ≤1500 N

Bouligand’s structure has been proven to have a remarkable fracture toughness [62], well beyond its constituents, thanks to a combination of two main propagation modes controlled by that arrangement of chitin–protein: crack twisting and bridging ( Table 2 ). Indeed, before the fracture begins, the twisted plywood allows reorientation and deformation of fibers in response to torsional loadings [66]. In other words, Bouligand’s structure ductility and toughness are biologically designed to prevent fracture through changes in the structural arrangement. Furthermore, Bouligand’s structure has exceptional stiffness and hardness [65][67][68] and, similar to that discussed for ivory, optimized bending and torsion resistance can be inspired by this structure, as proven by works such as the one by Nikolov et al. on high-performance composite structures [63]. To provide an idea of the wide diffusion of this architecture in nature, it is worth mentioning that arthropods are a kind of invertebrate animal that covers more than half the classified species [60], proving that their biological structures, and specifically their torsion-resistant properties, are highly performing and adaptable [40][41][61][62][63][64][65][69][70][71]. Arthropods include insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans that have a cuticle with a twisted plywood. Furthermore, Bouligand’s structure can be associated with micro- and nanoscale architecture (i.e., cholesteric liquid crystal), which, as explained by Mitov [72], are omnipresent in nature: chitin, cellulose, collagen, and silk are characterized by the Bouligand arrangement [39].

4. From Nature to Novel Materials: Torsion-Resistant Metamaterials

Eventually, nature-inspired structures have been exploited in the design of novel metamaterials that are able to actively address the torsion-resistance issue with innovative and customized solutions. Following the problem-driven approach defined in Section 3.2 , phase 2 is now faced and the biological strategies abstracted from natural torsion-resistant unit cells are transposed to technology and tested.

Metamaterials are characterized by properties not simply given by their composition, but arising from their structure [73]; they are usually assembled starting from one or more basic unit elements that repeat themselves, forming a clinical pattern [74]. An example is the metamaterial conceived by Zhong et al. [75], which was able to convert axial compression (or tension) into torsion: the unit cell, the following metamaterial, and the final tested specimen are illustrated in Figure 5 A. Note that the unit cell of this material is characterized by an arrangement of rods, which resembles the helical structures described in Section 3.3 . The proposed design allows for a promising peak value of 16.2° of torsion angle to be reached. Possible applications of this metamaterial are wave converters, able to transform shear waves into longitudinal waves and vice versa, or morphing structures in aircraft and aerospace engineering [75].

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Figure 5. Torsion-resistant metamaterials. (A) Compression–torsion–conversion (CTC) structure composed of inclined and horizontal rods. (B) Cylindrical shell type CTC structure. (C) Chiral hexagon torsion-bending resistant structure.

Another compression-torsion-conversion (CTC) metamaterial has been proposed by Wang et al. [76], which focused their attention not only on the properties of the final structure, but also on the main problem of metamaterials such as inefficient use of space. Their work introduces a cylindrical metamaterial, increasing the capability of compression and torsion resistance [76]. Its unit cell has inclined and horizontal circle rods, which resembles the helical and annular features of natural unit cells, respectively ( Figure 5 B). The most crucial benefit of this structure is the tailored torsion resistance coming from the relationship between rod inclination angle and the torsion angle of the rotation spring: the larger the rod inclination angle and slenderness ratio, the larger the torsion angle. The metamaterial consists of three of the cylindrical shells, differing in radius, arranged one inside the other. Since manufacturing of these structures, also known as rotation springs, is quite problematic, a continuous structure with curved surfaces has been proposed for tests. Applications of these metamaterials include structures of machinery and vehicles.

Considering the need to design lightweight components, promising metamaterials have been inspired by honeycombs. As shown by Haghpanah et al. [77], from the basic concept of hexagonal honeycomb, more complex hierarchical structures with an improved efficiency could be developed, as in the case of self-similar hierarchical honeycombs shown in Figure 5 C. An example of structure inspired by honeycombs is the morphing airfoil designed by Bettini et al. [78][79], where a composite chiral element, which resembles honeycomb hexagons and spirals (largely diffused in nature [80][81][82][83]), was used in the core of the airfoil to resist torsion and bending during flight. To be more precise, this metamaterial can improve morphing performances by increasing the maximum allowable displacement, which can reach in tension up to 12% of cell dimension and about 30% in compression.

This entry is adapted from the peer-reviewed paper 10.3390/ma14185368

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