ISSN:
1662-0356
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Natural Sciences in General
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Technology
Notes:
Multistable structures are a promising basis for reconfigurable systems. A multistablestructure will remain in one of its stable configurations until actuation forces it to move to anotherstable configuration. This paper will describe a promising method of forming structures with usefulmultiple stable states by using prestressed textured shell surfaces. Textured shell structures havefeatures at a scale intermediate between the global structural scale, and the material scale, and canhave some remarkable structural properties. This paper will describe two simple examples: aglobally flat, but corrugated shell, and a globally curved, doubly corrugated shell. Both structuresshow additional stable equilibrium configurations that would not be possible without the texturedsurface
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/42/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FAST.54.168.pdf
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