A panel assembly, comprising: a panel comprising, a first structure; a connector (2, 40) integrally attached to the first structure comprising members, a connector outer width, a connector inner width or a connector transverse width, a length, and a rib-hinging geometry, wherein the rib-hinging geometry comprises living hinges, the members connected to one another by the living hinges; wherein the rib-hinging geometry comprises a geometry selected from a negative-force expanding geometry, a positive-force expanding geometry, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing, which when incorporated into a multiwall connector, is capable of reversibly expanding in area to change shape through rotational deflection of the members to deform the living hinges such that the connector inner width or the connector transverse width increases to allow the connector to generate an increase in retention force between assembled mating geometries in response to a tensile, compressive, and/or bending force acting thereon; and a socket (20, 42) comprising an internal geometry, wherein the connector (2, 40) can be assembled to the internal geometry, wherein the internal geometry comprises a bow-tie-like geometry or a hexagonal shape. a panel comprising, a first structure; a connector (2, 40) integrally attached to the first structure comprising members, a connector outer width, a connector inner width or a connector transverse width, a length, and a rib-hinging geometry, wherein the rib-hinging geometry comprises living hinges, the members connected to one another by the living hinges; wherein the rib-hinging geometry comprises a geometry selected from a negative-force expanding geometry, a positive-force expanding geometry, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing, which when incorporated into a multiwall connector, is capable of reversibly expanding in area to change shape through rotational deflection of the members to deform the living hinges such that the connector inner width or the connector transverse width increases to allow the connector to generate an increase in retention force between assembled mating geometries in response to a tensile, compressive, and/or bending force acting thereon; and a first structure; a connector (2, 40) integrally attached to the first structure comprising members, a connector outer width, a connector inner width or a connector transverse width, a length, and a rib-hinging geometry, wherein the rib-hinging geometry comprises living hinges, the members connected to one another by the living hinges; wherein the rib-hinging geometry comprises a geometry selected from a negative-force expanding geometry, a positive-force expanding geometry, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing, which when incorporated into a multiwall connector, is capable of reversibly expanding in area to change shape through rotational deflection of the members to deform the living hinges such that the connector inner width or the connector transverse width increases to allow the connector to generate an increase in retention force between assembled mating geometries in response to a tensile, compressive, and/or bending force acting thereon; and a socket (20, 42) comprising an internal geometry, wherein the connector (2, 40) can be assembled to the internal geometry, wherein the internal geometry comprises a bow-tie-like geometry or a hexagonal shape.