Concept and design of a multistable plate structure

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Santer, Matthew ^a   Pellegrino, Sergio ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS; BISTABLES; CYLINDRICAL SHAPES; FUNCTIONAL MODELLING; LOW COST MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MONOLITHICS; MULTISTABLE; NOVEL CONCEPT; PLATE STRUCTURE;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 79961238405     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004459     Document Type: Article

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