A paradigm shift has emerged over the last decade pointing to an exciting research area
dealing with the harnessing of elastic structural instabilities for'smart'purposes in a variety of …

Bistable structures, a class of highly geometrically nonlinear morphing structures, have two
stable configurations that remain in their respective equilibrium positions without the …

Bistable composite laminates have received a considerable attention due to their fabulous
behavior and potential for morphing and energy harvesting. A bistable or multistable …

Recent years have seen a research revival in structural stability analysis. This renewed
interest stems from a paradigm shift regarding the role of buckling instabilities in engineering …

Bistable laminates have attracted considerable interest among researchers as prospective
candidates for delivering exceptional performance within the domain of morphing structures …

In this study, the influence of initial curing curvature on the negative stiffness and buffering
characteristics of bistable laminates was analyzed. The geometric parameters and …

Morphing structures, defined as body panels that are capable of a drastic autonomous
shape transformation, have gained importance in the aerospace, automotive, and soft …

This paper introduces conceptual design principles for a novel class of adaptive structures
that provide both flow regulation and control. While of general applicability, these design …

In one way or the other, all of the world's major scientific inventions have been dependent on
the materials available at that time. Edison was able to invent light bulb only because …

Bistable laminates with unsymmetric lay-ups have been studied extensively. In this work a
novel type of bistable hybrid laminate with symmetric lay-up is presented. The two stable …