Large strain variable stiffness composites for shear deformations with applications to morphing aircraft skins

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6929, Issue , 2008, Pages

  McKnight, G P ^a   Henry, C P ^a  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular materials; Composites; High deformation; Morphing; Shape memory polymer; Shear loading

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AIRCRAFT; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CELL MEMBRANES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DEFORMATION; DIAMONDS; GAS DYNAMICS; HEALTH; HYBRID MATERIALS; KINEMATICS; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; OPTIMIZATION; PIGMENTS; POISSON RATIO; REINFORCEMENT; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEARING MACHINES; SKIN; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WINGS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; (PL) PROPERTIES; AERODYNAMIC PRESSURES; AXIAL TENSIONS; CELLULAR MATERIALS; COLD STATE; CONTROL SURFACES; DEFORMATION PROPERTIES; DISCONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT; ENGINEERED MATERIALS; FULL-FIELD; GLOBAL DEFORMATIONS; HYBRID COMPOSITE MATERIALS; KINEMATIC CONTROL; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; LARGE STRAINS; LOCAL SCALING; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE DEFLECTIONS; MICRO STRUCTURAL; MORPHING; MORPHING AIRCRAFT; OPTIMIZED STRUCTURES; OUT OF PLANE; OUT OF PLANE BUCKLING; POISSON; PRECISE CONTROL; RECONFIGURABLE STRUCTURES; REGULAR PATTERNS; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER (SMP); SHEAR LOADINGS; SINGLE PLATFORM; STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCIES; VARIABLE STIFFNESS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCES;

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS;

EID: 44949199558     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.778888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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