TY - GEN
T1 - A hierarchical tensegrity structure for morphing
AU - Telford, Robert
AU - Weaver, Paul M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We are now in an exciting period of spaceflight, with both private and national industries committing to an increasing number of highly ambitious missions. Driving this advancement has been significant technological developments aimed at increasing mission capabilities while reducing costs. We can now look at enabling even more ambitious missions through combining the latest morphing technologies with the highly efficient structural properties of tensegrity. Tensegrity structures are known as a lightweight and highly optimized load bearing structural solution. Incorporating the substantial shape changing capabilities achievable using composites materials, a new range of highly multifunctional and hierarchical structures are possible. These structures remain light weight and strong, but can be deployable, adaptable, as well as tuneable. This work aims to realise such structures by using morphing helices as shape changing tensegrity elements. The morphing helix uses prestressed composite materials to create a variable twist and length component.
AB - We are now in an exciting period of spaceflight, with both private and national industries committing to an increasing number of highly ambitious missions. Driving this advancement has been significant technological developments aimed at increasing mission capabilities while reducing costs. We can now look at enabling even more ambitious missions through combining the latest morphing technologies with the highly efficient structural properties of tensegrity. Tensegrity structures are known as a lightweight and highly optimized load bearing structural solution. Incorporating the substantial shape changing capabilities achievable using composites materials, a new range of highly multifunctional and hierarchical structures are possible. These structures remain light weight and strong, but can be deployable, adaptable, as well as tuneable. This work aims to realise such structures by using morphing helices as shape changing tensegrity elements. The morphing helix uses prestressed composite materials to create a variable twist and length component.
KW - Automated Fibre Placement.
KW - Composites
KW - Morphing
KW - Tensegrity
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85045749436
T3 - AIMETA 2017 - Proceedings of the 23rd Conference of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
SP - 1123
EP - 1135
BT - AIMETA 2017 - Proceedings of the 23rd Conference of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
A2 - Feo, Luciano
A2 - Ascione, Luigi
A2 - Berardi, Valentino Paolo
A2 - Fraternali, Fernando
A2 - Tralli, Antonio Michele
PB - Centro Servizi d'Ateneo S.r.l.
T2 - 23rd Conference of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, AIMETA 2017
Y2 - 4 September 2017 through 7 September 2017
ER -