Nonlinear dynamic modeling of bistable variable stiffness composite laminates

PM Anilkumar, S Scheffler, A Haldar, M Brod… - Journal of Sound and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The room-temperature equilibrium stable states of cured unsymmetric composite laminates
have been the focus of recent research, with a particular emphasis on shape morphing …

Morphing of bistable variable stiffness composites using distributed MFC actuators

PM Anilkumar, A Haldar, S Scheffler, EL Jansen… - Composite …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of piezoelectrically controlled bistable composite laminates for morphing
applications has received increased attention in recent years. So far, most existing …

Investigations on the multistability of series-connected unsymmetric laminates

AP Kumar, PM Anilkumar, A Haldar, S Scheffler… - … Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Multistable composite shells have received great attention in shape-changing morphing
applications due to their ability to attain more than one stable shape when cooled down from …

Analysis of novel morphing trailing edge flap actuated by multistable laminates

A Haldar, E Jansen, B Hofmeister, M Bruns, R Rolfes - AIAA Journal, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents an analysis of a novel morphing trailing edge flap design for a wind
turbine rotor blade with embedded multistable composite plates. Morphing trailing edge …

Tailoring bistability in unsymmetrical laminates using an additional composite strip

AP Kumar, PM Anilkumar, A Haldar, S Scheffler… - Thin-Walled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Unsymmetric laminates exhibiting two stable equilibrium shapes due to the induced thermal
residual stresses have been extensively explored in recent years. The potential energy wells …

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 …

Intelligent Control Strategies for Enhancing Airplane Recovery Under Wind Shear

OM Al-Habahbeh, RT Al-kasasbeh… - … on Electrical, Energy …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wind-shear is an environmental factor that may affect the safety of an airplane, especially
when flying at low altitude. In order to overcome this effect, the present work implements …

Morphing structures, applications of

S Vasista, O Mierheim, M Kintscher - Encyclopedia of Continuum …, 2020 - Springer
The interest of lower dimensional models for elastic structures relies on simpler
mathematical formulation and on gain of space and time in numerical computations. In order …