Reticulated tubes: effective elastic properties and actuation response

DOI10.1098/rspa.2008.0328zbMath1186.76613MaRDI QIDQ3561865

S. P. Mai, Norman A. Fleck

Publication date: 19 May 2010

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2008.0328

zbMATH Keywords

effective elastic properties; finite-element method; periodic lattices; mechanisms; actuation; reticulated tubes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74K10: Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.)

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

76A02: Foundations of fluid mechanics

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