Buckling-induced smart applications: recent advances and trends

• Published in: Smart materials and structures Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 63001 - 20
• Main Authors: Hu, Nan, Burgueño, Rigoberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Buckling; Dealing; Design engineering; elastic instability; Instability; Postbuckling; Showcases; smart materials; smart structures; snapping; Structural forms; Trends

A paradigm shift has emerged over the last decade pointing to an exciting research area dealing with the harnessing of elastic structural instabilities for 'smart' purposes in a variety of venues. Among the different types of unstable responses, buckling is a phenomenon that has been known...