Point loading of assemblies of interlocked cube-shaped elements

International Journal of Engineering Science

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1228-1238

  Schaare, S ^a   Dyskin, A V ^b   Estrin, Y ^c   Arndt, S ^d   Pasternak, E ^b   Kanel Belov, A ^e  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Beck Arndt Engineering Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^e Moscow Institute of Open Education   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Negative stiffness; Point loading; Post peak softening; Topological interlocking

Indexed keywords

UNLOADING;

CONVEX ELEMENTS; KINEMATIC CONSTRAINTS; LOCALISATION; MECHANICAL RESPONSES; NEGATIVE STIFFNESS; NEGATIVE STIFFNESSES; NEW CONCEPTS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POINT LOADING; POINT LOADS; POST-PEAK SOFTENING; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; TOPOLOGICAL INTERLOCKING;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 56649091293     PISSN: 00207225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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