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An Investigation on Shape Morphing by Modulus Variation: Forward Approach
Joint Authors
Mohaghegh Motlagh, Amin
Clark, William W.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-09-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Structural shape deformation, in its conventional way, includes applying forces to a fixed-compliance structure to deform it to certain shapes.
Rather than addressing shape control in the established way (applying forces to elastically or plastically deform a structure), this work studies the use of shape morphing, which involves combining applied forces and local modulus changes.
Specifically in this paper, a simply supported elastic beam that can exhibit variable compliance behavior is selected as the model.
This study focuses on the forward approach of morphing, that is, determining possible beam shapes due to the applied force and modulus variability.
The goal is to incorporate variable-modulus materials into a structure model and utilize the controllable modulus change to quantify the morphing of the structure with limited actuator numbers, locations, and force levels.
The resulting morphed shapes are quantified in terms of various characteristic parameters.
The study demonstrates that a larger, and in some cases nonintuitive, space of shapes becomes possible when modulus change is utilized, for the same set of applied forces.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mohaghegh Motlagh, Amin& Clark, William W.. 2014. An Investigation on Shape Morphing by Modulus Variation: Forward Approach. Journal of Engineering،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1040436
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mohaghegh Motlagh, Amin& Clark, William W.. An Investigation on Shape Morphing by Modulus Variation: Forward Approach. Journal of Engineering No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1040436
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mohaghegh Motlagh, Amin& Clark, William W.. An Investigation on Shape Morphing by Modulus Variation: Forward Approach. Journal of Engineering. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1040436
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1040436