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How do imperfections cause asymmetry in elastic snap-through?
Andrea Giudici, Weicheng Huang, Qiong Wang +4
A symmetrically-buckled arch whose boundaries are clamped at an angle has two stable equilibria: an inverted and a natural state. When the distance between the clamps is increased…
Inverse Design of Snap-Actuated Jumping Robots Powered by Mechanics-Aided Machine Learning
Dezhong Tong, Zhuonan Hao, Mingchao Liu +1
Exploring the design and control strategies of soft robots through simulation is highly attractive due to its cost-effectiveness. Although many existing models (e.g., finite elemen…
Localized tension-induced giant folding in unstructured elastic sheets
Kexin Guo, Marc Suñé, Kwok Ming Li +3
Buckling in compression is the archetype of elastic instability: when compressed along its longest dimension, a thin structure such as a playing card will buckle out-of-plane accom…
Simplified discrete model for axisymmetric dielectric elastomer membranes with robotic applications
Zhaowei Liu, Mingchao Liu, K. Jimmy Hsia +2
Soft robots utilizing inflatable dielectric membranes can realize intricate functionalities through the application of non-mechanical fields. However, given the current limitations…
Discrete differential geometry-based model for nonlinear analysis of axisymmetric shells
Weicheng Huang, Tianzhen Liu, Zhaowei Liu +4
In this paper, we propose a novel one-dimensional (1D) discrete differential geometry (DDG)-based numerical method for geometrically nonlinear mechanics analysis (e.g., buckling an…