Bistable morphing composite structures: A review

Z Zhang, Y Li, X Yu, X Li, H Wu, H Wu, S Jiang… - Thin-walled structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Bistable structures, a class of highly geometrically nonlinear morphing structures, have two
stable configurations that remain in their respective equilibrium positions without the …

Review of morphing laminated composites

VSC Chillara, MJ Dapino - Applied …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Morphing structures, defined as body panels that are capable of a drastic autonomous
shape transformation, have gained importance in the aerospace, automotive, and soft …

A rigid thick Miura-Ori structure driven by bistable carbon fibre-reinforced polymer cylindrical shell

Z Zhang, W Ma, H Wu, H Wu, S Jiang, G Chai - Composites Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Origami, the art of folding paper, has inspired the development of rigid foldable structures for
various applications in aerospace, biomedical, and packaging applications. In order to drive …

Self-sensing piezoelectric bistable laminates for morphing structures

VSC Chillara, AK Ramanathan… - Smart Materials and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Bistable laminates offer opportunities for shape morphing, energy harvesting, and flow
control devices. Smart materials such as piezoelectric macrofiber composites and shape …

Biomimetic venus flytrap structures using smart composites: A review

B Wang, Y Hou, S Zhong, J Zhu, C Guan - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomimetic structures are inspired by elegant and complex architectures of natural
creatures, drawing inspiration from biological structures to achieve specific functions or …

Novel deployable panel structure integrated with thick origami and morphing bistable composite structures

S Ding, M Sun, Y Li, W Ma, Z Zhang - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes a novel deployable panel structure integrated with a bistable
composite structure and thick panel based on the thick origami technique. To overcome the …

Mechanically prestressed pneumatically driven bistable soft actuators

Y Zhou, Z Xu - Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Bistable soft robots are gaining momentum for their fast speed. This study presents a novel
asymmetric mechanically prestressed, pneumatically driven, bistable laminated soft …

Shape memory alloy–actuated prestressed composites with application to morphing automotive fender skirts

VSC Chillara, LM Headings, R Tsuruta… - Journal of intelligent …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This work presents smart laminated composites that enable morphing vehicle structures.
Morphing panels can be effective for drag reduction, for example, adaptive fender skirts …

Uncertainty quantification of bistable variable stiffness laminate using machine learning assisted perturbation approach

KS Suraj, PM Anilkumar, CG Krishnanunni, BN Rao - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Morphing structures have received growing interest in aerospace structures and wind
turbines due to their rapid shape-changing ability in response to the change in operating …

Resonant actuation based on dynamic characteristics of bistable laminates

Y Liu, J Zhang, D Pan, Z Wu, Q Wang - Machines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bistable or multi-stable structures have found broad applications in the fields of adaptive
structures, flow control, and energy harvesting devices due to their unique nonlinear …