{"id":232801,"date":"2026-03-08T07:11:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/hybrid-super-foam-uses-3d-printed-struts-to-absorb-up-to-10-times-more-energy"},"modified":"2026-03-08T07:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:11:54","slug":"hybrid-super-foam-uses-3d-printed-struts-to-absorb-up-to-10-times-more-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/hybrid-super-foam-uses-3d-printed-struts-to-absorb-up-to-10-times-more-energy","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid \u2018super foam\u2019 uses 3D-printed struts to absorb up to 10 times more energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/hybrid-super-foam-uses-3d-printed-struts-to-absorb-up-to-10-times-more-energy2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aerospace engineering and materials science researchers at Texas A&amp;M University and the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory have developed a \u201csuper foam\u201d that can absorb up to 10 times more energy than conventional padding.<\/p>\n<p>The composite, published and <a href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0263822326001236\" target=\"_blank\">described<\/a> in the journal of <i>Composite Structures<\/i>, combines an ordinary foam with 3D-printed injections of stretchy, plastic columns known as struts.<\/p>\n<p>The result? An affordable, lightweight and ultra-durable hybrid foam poised to redefine the defense, automotive, aerospace and consumer industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aerospace engineering and materials science researchers at Texas A&amp;M University and the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory have developed a \u201csuper foam\u201d that can absorb up to 10 times more energy than conventional padding. The composite, published and described in the journal of Composite Structures, combines an ordinary foam with 3D-printed injections of stretchy, plastic columns [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,1497,38,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-energy","category-engineering","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}