Recent advances in technology and refinement of available computational resources paved
the way for the extensive use of computers to model and simulate complex real-world …

Recent decades have witnessed a renewed interest in the field of structural stability due to
new applications involving smart and deployable structures, micro-and nanocomponents …

Bistable deployable scissor structures (BDS) are interesting solutions for temporary civil
engineering structures having the requirement of rapid erection and use. The transformation …

An implicit formulation for cylindrical joints (pivots) connecting slender rods in large
deformations is presented exploiting the G 1 map at the beam's end. The rotation at the end …

The use of diagonalised modules is one of the techniques for converting a deployable
structure into a bistable one. The layout of these modules is complicated by the fact that the …

The surface accuracy of the deployable structure is crucial in determining the
electromagnetic performance of the large satellite antenna. This paper proposes a …

Deployable scissor structures can be classified as non-bistable and bistable (exhibiting
snap-through) based on their transformation behavior. The question whether the advantage …

Alongside replenishment at sea is essential for the sustainable operation of ocean-going
ships. Current researches mainly focus on hydrodnamics, control methods and simple static …

Due to their unique bistable characteristics, deployable self-locking structures are suitable
for many engineering fields. Without changing the geometrical composition, such structures …

In many applications structures need to be easily moveable, or deployed at high speed on
unprepared sites. For this purpose, pre-assembled deployable structures, which consist of …