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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.§

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Book category Books in English Technology, engineering, agriculture Technology: general issues Technical design

• Full title: Extremely Deformable Structures
• Author: Davide Bigoni
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 297
• EAN: 9783709118764
• ISBN: 370911876X
• ID: 09266286
• Publisher: Springer Verlag GmbH
• Weight: 752 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. June 2015

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