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ProfessorMatthewSanter

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics

Professor of Aerospace Structures
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5117m.santer

 
 
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335City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Soltani:2022:10.2514/1.J061645,
author = {Soltani, Z and Santer, M},
doi = {10.2514/1.J061645},
journal = {AIAA Journal: devoted to aerospace research and development},
title = {Refined unified formulation for efficient folding and unfolding analyses of slender thin-walled structures},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J061645},
volume = {60},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We present a high-fidelity refined unified nonlinear finite element formulation for the efficient and robust analysis of slender thin-walled bodies during highly nonlinear deformation. Our formulation utilizes an independent discretization of the displacement field along the beam axis and over the cross section. By matching different refinements in different cross sections, it is able to apply higher-order beam theories in highly deformed regions, to capture complex buckling and postbuckling behavior, whilst retaining the computational efficiency offered by lower refinements elsewhere. The exemplar structure for this paper is the tape spring—a commonly proposed component of deployable structures with ability to combine self-deployment, via a release of stored strain energy, with locking into a relatively stiff geometric configuration with a curved cross section. To simulate localized folds due to a flattening of the cross section, the arc-length method with an automatic increment technique is employed.
AU  - Soltani,Z
AU  - Santer,M
DO  - 10.2514/1.J061645
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 0001-1452
TI  - Refined unified formulation for efficient folding and unfolding analyses of slender thin-walled structures
T2  - AIAA Journal: devoted to aerospace research and development
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J061645
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000808267700001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/full/10.2514/1.J061645
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/97255
VL  - 60
ER  -
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