Mechanics of tension-induced film wrinkling and restabilization: a review

T Wang, Y Yang, F Xu - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Wrinkling of thin films under tension is omnipresent in nature and modern industry, a
phenomenon which has aroused considerable attention during the past two decades …

Three‐dimensional manufacturing tolerant topology optimization with hundreds of millions of local stress constraints

GA da Silva, N Aage, AT Beck… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In topology optimization, the treatment of stress constraints for very large scale problems
(more than 100 million elements and more than 600 million stress constraints) has so far not …

Topology optimization using material-field series expansion and Kriging-based algorithm: An effective non-gradient method

Y Luo, J Xing, Z Kang - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Topology optimization is now a very effective and important tool for designing the layouts of
various structural and multidisciplinary problems, but most existing methods require …

Analysis and prestress optimisation of membrane structures with optimal fabric alignment using modified energy minimisation

AL Marbaniang, S Kabasi, S Ghosh, S Dutta - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of light-weight tensile membrane structures (TMS) has become popular, particularly
for covering vast areas. The behaviour of these structures when subjected to external …

Inflatable antenna structures: Deployment analysis of torus bounded Z-fold scalable planar membrane reflector

PK Kamaliya, SH Upadhyay - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Compact packaging and smooth deployment reliability, lightweight and large operational
size are ideal requirements of inflatable space structures. Space inflatable antenna, one of …

Probing the in-plane liquid-like behavior of liquid crystal elastomers

H Tokumoto, H Zhou, A Takebe, K Kamitani, K Kojio… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
When isotropic solids are unequally stretched in two orthogonal directions, the true stress
(force per actual cross-sectional area) in the larger strain direction is typically higher than …

A modeling and resolution framework for wrinkling in hyperelastic sheets at finite membrane strain

C Fu, T Wang, F Xu, Y Huo, M Potier-Ferry - Journal of the Mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wrinkles commonly occur in uniaxially stretched rectangular hyperelastic membranes with
clamped-clamped boundaries, and can vanish upon excess stretching. Here we develop a …

The robust fail-safe topological designs based on the von Mises stress

H Wang, J Liu, G Wen, YM Xie - Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
For large-scale equipment, eg aerospace and architecture industry, it is valuable to
guarantee that one structure could survive partial damages. Due to the location of the …

On the wrinkling and restabilization of highly stretched sheets

T Wang, C Fu, F Xu, Y Huo, M Potier-Ferry - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wrinkles are commonly observed in uniaxially stretched rectangular sheets with clamped-
clamped boundaries, and can disappear upon excess stretching. Here we explore this …

Multi-material structural topology optimization considering material interfacial stress constraints

P Liu, L Shi, Z Kang - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
For multi-material structures, ensuring material interface strength is particularly vital for their
integrity and durability. In the present study, we incorporate material interfacial stress …