Overview
- First systematic contribution to the field of extreme mechanics
- Collects contributions on nonlinear structural mechanics, a discipline crucial in the mechanical design of new materials and mechanical devices
- Provides an introduction to a broad range of subjects and techniques that are a prerequisite to research in the fields of highly deformable structures and thin films
Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 562)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Recently, a new research stimulus has derived from the observation that soft structures, such as biological systems, but also rubber and gel, may work in a post critical regime, where elastic elements are subject to extreme deformations, though still exhibiting excellent mechanical performances. This is the realm of ‘extreme mechanics’, to which this book is addressed.
The possibility of exploiting highly deformable structures opens new and unexpected technological possibilities. In particular, the challenge is the design of deformable and bi-stable mechanisms which can reach superior mechanical performances and can have a strong impact on several high-tech applications, including stretchable electronics, nanotube serpentines, deployable structures for aerospace engineering, cable deployment in the ocean, but also sensors and flexible actuators and vibration absorbers.
Readers are introduced to a variety of interrelated topics involving the mechanics of extremely deformable structures, with emphasis on bifurcation, instability and nonlinear behavior, both in the quasi-static and dynamic regimes. Essential and up-to-date theoretical, numerical and experimental methodologies are covered, as a tool to progress towards a satisfactory modeling of the nonlinear behavior of structures.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Extremely Deformable Structures
Editors: Davide Bigoni
Series Title: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1877-1
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: CISM, Udine 2015 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1876-4Published: 29 June 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-4852-5Published: 23 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-1877-1Published: 05 June 2015
Series ISSN: 0254-1971
Series E-ISSN: 2309-3706
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 297
Number of Illustrations: 71 b/w illustrations, 107 illustrations in colour
Topics: Solid Mechanics, Engineering Design