Modeling bistable behaviors in morphing structures through finite element simulations

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 557-562

  Guo, Qiaohang ^a,b   Zheng, Huang ^c   Chen, Wenzhe ^a,b   Chen, Zi ^d  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Fujian Radio and TV University   (China)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

biomimetic structures; Bistability; elasticity theory; finite element analysis; geometric nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; BIOMIMETIC STRUCTURES; ELASTICITY THEORY; EXTERNAL STIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GEOMETRIC NON-LINEARITY; MISORIENTATION ANGLE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SPACE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMIMETIC STRUCTURES; BISTABILITY; ELASTICITY THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRIC NONLINEARITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ROBOTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84891049477     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BME-130842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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