Space frames with multiple stable configurations

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1740-1747

  Schioler, T ^a,b,c   Pellegrino, S ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISTABLE ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURES;

ACTUATORS; INJECTION MOLDING; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 34547560276     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.16825     Document Type: Article

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