Reticulated tubes: Effective elastic properties and actuation response

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

Volumn 465, Issue 2103, 2009, Pages 685-708

  Mai, S P ^a   Fleck, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuation; Effective elastic properties; Finite element method; Mechanisms; Periodic lattices; Reticulated tubes

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ACTUATION; AXIAL RIGIDITY; CIRCULAR TUBES; COLLAPSE MECHANISM; COLLAPSE MODE; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC PROPERTY; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; FE-SIMULATION; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; IN-PLANE; KAGOME LATTICE; MACROSCOPIC BENDING; MACROSCOPIC SHAPES; MORPHING; NUMBER OF UNIT CELLS; PERIODIC LATTICES; RETICULATED TUBES; SELF-STRESS; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT; SQUARE LATTICES; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 67149108190     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2008.0328     Document Type: Article

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