Buckling-induced smart applications: Recent advances and trends

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Hu, Nan ^a   Burgueño, Rigoberto ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

buckling; elastic instability; smart materials; smart structures; snapping

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; MACHINE DESIGN;

BUCKLING AND POST-BUCKLING; DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; ELASTIC INSTABILITIES; FUTURE INNOVATIONS; POTENTIAL RESEARCHES; SMART APPLICATIONS; SNAPPING; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY;

BUCKLING;

EID: 84930000936     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/24/6/063001     Document Type: Review

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