Tristability of thin orthotropic shells with uniform initial curvature

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 464, Issue 2099, 2008, Pages 2949-2966

  Vidoli, S ^a   Maurini, C ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

Author keywords

Bistable shells; Gaussian curvature; Morphing structures; Multistability; Shape control

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; STABILITY; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BENDING STIFFNESS; BISTABLE SHELLS; COMPOSITE SHELLS; GAUSSIAN CURVATURE; INITIAL CURVATURE; INITIAL SHAPE; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; MORPHING; MORPHING STRUCTURES; MULTI-STABLE; MULTISTABILITY; NUMERICAL STABILITY ANALYSIS; ORTHOTROPIC MATERIALS; ORTHOTROPIC SHELLS; SHAPE CONTROL; SHELL MODEL; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY PROPERTIES; STABLE-EQUILIBRIUM; TRISTABILITY;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 52949115349     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2008.0094     Document Type: Article

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