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![Nonlinear loading and unloading of the 13 x 2 RVE metamaterial under tension in the vertical direction](thumbnails/s331.jpg) |
![Co-rotational (a) beam element and (b) shell element](thumbnails/s332.jpg) |
![Interchange between the fluid and the structure](thumbnails/s333.jpg) |
![Shell and beam discretizations of the insect wing](thumbnails/s334.jpg) |
![Wing deformation during flapping](thumbnails/s335.jpg) |
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Nonlinear loading and unloading of the 13 x 2 RVE metamaterial under tension in the vertical direction |
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Co-rotational (a) beam element and (b) shell element |
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Interchange between the fluid and the structure |
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Shell and beam discretizations of the insect wing |
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Wing deformation during flapping |
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![Wing tip displacement (top) and twist (bottom) versus flapping angle for 2 wings: L2B1 and L3B1](thumbnails/s336.jpg) |
![Fluid vorticity contours for 6 diferent wings](thumbnails/s337.jpg) |
![Summary of research work on buckling/post-buckling optimisation of stiffened panels or shells](thumbnails/s338.jpg) |
![Curved, corrugated panel under shear loading](thumbnails/s339.jpg) |
![Critical buckling mode of the curved, corrugated panel under shear loading](thumbnails/s340.jpg) |
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Wing tip displacement (top) and twist (bottom) versus flapping angle for 2 wings: L2B1 and L3B1 |
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Fluid vorticity contours for 6 diferent wings |
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Summary of research work on buckling/post-buckling optimisation of stiffened panels or shells |
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Curved, corrugated panel under shear loading |
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Critical buckling mode of the curved, corrugated panel under shear loading |
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![Various folded patterns that upon inflation can be deployed into long booms with cross sections like thin-walled cylindrical shells](thumbnails/s341.jpg) |
![Deployment by inflation of cylindrical booms originally folded into two patterns (a) and (b) (See the previous image)](thumbnails/s342.jpg) |
![Inflation of an aluminum triangulated thin-walled cylindrical shell](thumbnails/s343.jpg) |
![Optimized cylindrical truss structures for combined axial compression and torque](thumbnails/s344.jpg) |
![Arc-length method for tracking the primary equilibrium path of a nonlinear equilibrium phenomenon](thumbnails/s345.jpg) |
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Various folded patterns that upon inflation can be deployed into long booms with cross sections like thin-walled cylindrical shells |
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Deployment by inflation of cylindrical booms originally folded into two patterns (a) and (b) (See the previous image) |
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Inflation of an aluminum triangulated thin-walled cylindrical shell |
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Optimized cylindrical truss structures for combined axial compression and torque |
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Arc-length method for tracking the primary equilibrium path of a nonlinear equilibrium phenomenon |
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