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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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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Cui:2015:10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.12.052,
author = {Cui, Y and Santer, M},
doi = {10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.12.052},
journal = {Composite Structures},
pages = {44--54},
title = {Highly multistable composite surfaces},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.12.052},
volume = {124},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Novel continuous composite surfaces are presented which possess a high degree of multistability. Inspired by the illustrative behaviour of a multistable analog model, we first show how two identical bistable composite shells with tailored asymmetric bistability may be connected to form a continuous quadstable surface. The concept is then extended to surfaces composed of three and by extension more identical bistable shells connected in series in order to achieve additional stable states. The multistable behaviour of these surfaces is investigated by finite element analysis and verified by experimental work.
AU  - Cui,Y
AU  - Santer,M
DO  - 10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.12.052
EP  - 54
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 0263-8223
SP  - 44
TI  - Highly multistable composite surfaces
T2  - Composite Structures
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.12.052
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263822314007181
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/23675
VL  - 124
ER  -
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