Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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252568 | Composite Structures | 2013 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
In this work, the structural response of a doubly curved orthotropic shell is tailored to achieve tristable geometries. This is done by varying both material properties and the Gaussian curvature of the surface profile. Tristability is predicted analytically, verified with finite element analysis and, for the first time, demonstrated experimentally. Predicted geometries of the tristable states are shown to compare well with experiment.
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Authors
Broderick H. Coburn, Alberto Pirrera, Paul M. Weaver, Stefano Vidoli,