Prestressed morphing bistable and neutrally stable shells

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 0110021-0110026

  Seffen, Keith A ^a   Guest, Simon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-STABILITY; BISTABLES; CLOSED FORM; CURVED STRIPS; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; INITIAL SHAPE; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; ISOTROPIC SHELLS; ISOTROPIC VALUES; LOAD-FREE; MONOSTABLE; MORPHING; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; ORTHOTROPIC MATERIALS; PRE-STRESSED; PRESTRESS LEVELS; SHEAR MODULUS; THIN SHELLS;

PRESTRESSING;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 78249277122     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002117     Document Type: Article

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