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Motion Structures - Couverture souple

You, Zhong; Chen, Yan

 
9780367865573: Motion Structures

Synopsis

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.routledge.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Motion structures are simply assemblies of resistant bodies connected by movable joints. Unlike conventional structures, they allow large shape transformations to satisfy practical requirements and they can be used in:

  • shelters, emergency structures and exhibition stands
  • aircraft morphing wings
  • satellite solar panels and space antennas
  • morphing core materials for composites
  • medical implants for minimum invasive surgery.

Though traditionally the subject falls within structural engineering, motion structures are more closely related to other mechanisms, and they draw on the principles of kinematic and geometrical analysis in their design. Indeed their design and analysis can be viewed as an extension of the theory of mechanisms, such as rigid origami, and can make effective use of a wealth of mathematical principles.

This book outlines the relevant underlying theory of motion structural concepts, and uses a number of innovative but simple structures as examples.

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À propos de l'auteur

Zhong You is a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford and lecturer at Oxford University

Yan Chen is an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The Open Access version of this is available at http://www.routledge.com Motion structures draw on the principles of kinematic and geometrical analysis, as an extension of the theory of mechanisms, such as rigid origami. This outlines the underlying theory of motion structural concepts, with innovative but simple structures as examples.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.