Multi-stability of free spontaneously curved anisotropic strips

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

Volumn 468, Issue 2138, 2012, Pages 511-530

  Giomi, L ^a   Mahadevan, L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistable shells; Gaussian curvature; Morphing structures

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; STABILITY CRITERIA;

ANISOTROPIC SHELLS; BENDING RIGIDITY; BISTABLE SHELLS; BISTABLES; ELASTIC COMPOSITES; ENERGY LANDSCAPE; GAUSSIAN CURVATURES; GENERAL CLASS; MORPHING STRUCTURES; MULTISTABLE; NEGATIVE CURVATURE; NEW DESIGN; RELATIVE STIFFNESS; SPONTANEOUS CURVATURE; STABLE CONFIGURATION;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 84857218038     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2011.0247     Document Type: Article

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