Pressurized honeycombs as soft-actuators: A theoretical study

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 98, 2014, Pages

  Guiducci, Lorenzo ^a   Fratzl, Peter ^a   Bréchet, Yves J M ^b   Dunlop, John W C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA)   (France)

Author keywords

Actuating materials; Cellular materials; Finite elements; Numerical homogenization; Reconfigurable materials

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; SWELLING;

CELLULAR MATERIAL; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; HONEYCOMB GEOMETRY; ISOTROPIC EXPANSION; MATERIAL ARCHITECTURE; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL HOMOGENIZATION; RECONFIGURABLE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

AIZOACEAE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DELOSPERMA NAKURENSE; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HONEY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPOBARISM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PHASE; PLANT SEED; PRESSURE; PRESSURIZED HONEYCOMB; SIMULATION; SWELLING; THEORETICAL STUDY; BIOMECHANICS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CELL WALL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MOTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE; SEEDS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84905015187     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0458     Document Type: Article

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