In recent years, shape memory alloy (SMA) thin films have attracted significant attention from
the scientific community and industry for their potential applications in the field of smart …

Recently, sophisticated fluidic circuits with hundreds of independent valves have been built
by using multi-layer soft-lithography to mold elastomers. However, this shrinking of …

The prospects of the progress of radio astronomy, solar energy, as well as the exploration of
the Earth surface and other planets from space are inherently linked to the possibility of …

A special class of large-sized space systems is formed by transformable structures that have
different configurations in transport and operating states. Transformable large-sized space …

The prospects for the development of radio astronomy, solar energy, space communications,
exploration of the Earth's surface and other planets from space are currently associated with …

Increasing the operational functionality of large-sized transformable space systems leads to
the need to design and create more and more complex structures. Creation of such systems …

Large-sized space structures with transformable configuration are multilink systems
consisting of a large number of interconnected elements. The structures are delivered into …

The creation of large-scale structures will be necessary for the development of information
and transport space systems. Transformable systems form a distinct category of such space …

The intensive development of space technology poses the task of creating fundamentally
new structures. The problem of creating large-sized space structures comes down to the …

Currently, the design of large space structures attracts engineers due to the need to solve
pressing problems in the area of creating promising space systems for longitudinal …