Characterisation of tessellated bistable composite laminates
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Author(s)
Cui, Y
Santer, M
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Tessellated surfaces consisting of both unsymmetric composite elements with opposite layups, and unsymmetric composite elements in combination with symmetric composite elements, are investigated. It is shown that in simple cases these continuous surfaces only exhibit bistability due to the strong interaction between the connected elements. Strategies to mitigate against this interaction are proposed and implemented to achieve surfaces with high degrees of multistability up to the theoretical maximum.
Date Issued
2015-11-10
Date Acceptance
2015-11-10
Citation
Composite Structures, 2015, 137, pp.93-104
ISSN
0263-8223
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
93
End Page
104
Journal / Book Title
Composite Structures
Volume
137
Copyright Statement
© 2015, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Materials
09 Engineering
Notes
publisher: Elsevier articletitle: Characterisation of tessellated bistable composite laminates journaltitle: Composite Structures articlelink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.11.005 content_type: article copyright: Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Publication Status
Published