Morphing characteristics and damage analysis of 3D printing variable stiffness bistable laminates based on continuous fiber thermosetting composites

Z Zhang, J Xu, Y Ma, M Sun, B Pan, H Chai… - Composite …, 2023 - Elsevier
The morphing characteristics and damage analysis of variable stiffness bistable laminate
fabricated by continuous fiber 3D printing technology are systematically studied …

Thermally induced multistable configurations of variable stiffness composite plates: Semi-analytical and finite element investigation

A Haldar, J Reinoso, E Jansen, R Rolfes - Composite Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Multistable structures used in morphing applications are conventionally achieved by using
unsymmetric laminates with straight fibers. An ideal morphing system always calls for a …

Impact of hygrothermal environment on the bistability of variable stiffness laminates with curvilinear fibre paths

PM Anilkumar, BN Rao - International Journal of Advances in Engineering …, 2021 - Springer
Moisture absorption in composite materials has significant importance in the analysis and
design of structural components, which fully depends on the surrounding environment …

Snap-through of bistable configurations generated from variable stiffness composites

A Haldar, J Reinoso, E Jansen, R Rolfes - Multiscale Modeling of …, 2018 - Springer
Structures made of variable stiffness (VS) composites possess a rich design space for
bistable configurations that demonstrate different values of curvatures and out-of-plane …

Design of a multistable composite laminate by variable cross-section method and applying the displacement constraint

W Jiang, M Li, Y Yao, F Dai - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a multistable variable cross-section laminate (MVCL), which is
designed by applying the displacement constraint at the two opposing ends of the laminate …