Actuation of the Kagome Double-Layer Grid. Part 1: Prediction of performance of the perfect structure

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1855-1874

  Symons, D D ^a   Hutchinson, R G ^a   Fleck, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buckling; Elastic plastic material; Morphing structures; Stability and bifurcation; Structures

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; STABILITY; STRESSES; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TOPOLOGY;

ELASTIC-PLASTIC MATERIALS; MORPHING STRUCTURES; STABILITY AND BIFURCATIONS; STRUCTURES;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 20444504312     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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