ABSTRACT
Cellular solids are one category of soft solids that are found in various forms throughout nature and the food chain. Much of the credit for rationalization of the diverse groups of materials within this category is due to Gibson and Ashby [1,2], whose approach of combining ‘‘simple mechanics with scaling ideas’’ has greatly simplified our understanding of their structure-property relationships. Their book,Cellular Solids, has been described as ‘‘a classic’’ [3] and has been well cited in the biological sciences as well as in the engineering literature.
