Cellular variable stiffness materials for ultra-large reversible deformations in reconfigurable structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6170, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Henry, C ^a   McKnight, G ^a  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MATERIALS; RECONFIGURABLE STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; STIFFNESS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 33749608143     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.659633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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