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View article: Gust load alleviation performance of a passively actuated spoiler: an aircraft-scale aeroelastic study
Gust load alleviation performance of a passively actuated spoiler: an aircraft-scale aeroelastic study Open
Passive gust load alleviation systems have the potential to significantly reduce airframe mass without reliance on complex systems of sensors and actuators. Recent experimental work by the authors has shown that a passive, strain-actuated …
View article: The Value of Clinical Decision Support in Healthcare: A Focus on Screening and Early Detection
The Value of Clinical Decision Support in Healthcare: A Focus on Screening and Early Detection Open
In a rapidly changing technology landscape, “Clinical Decision Support” (CDS) has become an important tool to improve patient management. CDS systems offer medical professionals new insights to improve diagnostic accuracy, therapy planning…
View article: Parametric design studies of GATOR morphing fairings for folding wingtip joints
Parametric design studies of GATOR morphing fairings for folding wingtip joints Open
This paper presents the modelling of a morphing fairing designed to cover the joint on hinged commercial airliner wingtips, such as the semi-aeroelastic Hinge concept. The fairing is made from geometrically anisotropic thermoplastic rubber…
View article: The bending of 3D-printed bio-inspired sandwich panels with wavy cylinder cores
The bending of 3D-printed bio-inspired sandwich panels with wavy cylinder cores Open
Beetle Elytron Plates (BEPs) represent a new class of biomimetic sandwich cores with excellent mechanical properties inspired by the microstructure of the beetle elytra. The cores have a hexagonal centre-symmetric configuration with throug…
View article: Manufacturing sensitivity study of tensegrity structures using Monte Carlo simulations
Manufacturing sensitivity study of tensegrity structures using Monte Carlo simulations Open
The successful construction of a tensegrity structure requires not only design techniques but also a means to account for any manufacturing or assembly errors. As a tensegrity is prestressed and is often stabilised by its prestress, it req…
View article: Continuously extruded wrapped tow reinforced truss beams
Continuously extruded wrapped tow reinforced truss beams Open
Recent advancements in composite truss structures have achieved high structural efficiency by combining truss geometries and composite materials within scalable manufacturing processes. Filament winding-based approaches, such as the Wrappe…
View article: WrapToR shells: Concept introduction, experimental testing, and design space exploration
WrapToR shells: Concept introduction, experimental testing, and design space exploration Open
This work introduces a novel truss stiffener concept for lightweight structural panels as an alternative to sandwich panels or stringer stiffened panels. The Wrapped Tow Reinforced (WrapToR) truss concept is modified to create stiffened co…
View article: The engineering elastic constants of bio-inspired sandwich cores with wavy cylinders
The engineering elastic constants of bio-inspired sandwich cores with wavy cylinders Open
Beetle Elytron Plates (BEPs) represent a new class of biomimetic sandwich cores with excellent mechanical properties inspired by the internal structure of the beetle elytra. The cores have a hexagonal centre-symmetric configuration with th…
View article: Out-of-plane engineering constants of beetle elytra inspired sandwich cores
Out-of-plane engineering constants of beetle elytra inspired sandwich cores Open
The Beetle Elytron Plate (BEP) is a new type of biomimetic sandwich core developed as a potential replacement of classical honeycomb cores in sandwich panels. This work investigates the out-of-plane engineering elastic constants, including…
View article: Identifying the energy threshold for multistable tensegrity structures using a Mountain Pass algorithm
Identifying the energy threshold for multistable tensegrity structures using a Mountain Pass algorithm Open
Multistable tensegrity structures are able to switch between equilibrium configurations and maintain these states with no additional energy input; as a result, they have found applications in reconfigurable robotics and deployable structur…
View article: Volume Optimisation of Multi-stable Origami Bellows for Deployable Space Habitats
Volume Optimisation of Multi-stable Origami Bellows for Deployable Space Habitats Open
Origami bellows are formed by folding flat sheets into closed cylindrical structures along predefined creases. As the bellows unfold, the volume of the origami structure will change significantly, offering potential for use as inflatable d…
View article: Structural function from sequential, interacting elastic instabilities
Structural function from sequential, interacting elastic instabilities Open
Elastic instabilities have traditionally been considered a failure mechanism; however, recent years have seen numerous studies exploiting instabilities as a means to achieve structural functionality. By contrast, interacting instabilities …
View article: Large impact of small vertex cuts on the mechanics of origami bellows
Large impact of small vertex cuts on the mechanics of origami bellows Open
For origami structures, perforating or cutting slits along creases is an effective method to define fold lines and alleviate stress concentrations at vertices. In this letter we show numerically and experimentally that for non-rigid-foldab…
View article: Large Impact of Small Vertex Cuts on the Mechanics of Origami Bellows
Large Impact of Small Vertex Cuts on the Mechanics of Origami Bellows Open
For origami structures, perforating or cutting slits along creases is an effective method to define fold lines and alleviate stress concentrations at vertices. In this letter we show numerically and experimentally that for non-rigid-foldab…
View article: In-plane elasticity of beetle elytra inspired sandwich cores
In-plane elasticity of beetle elytra inspired sandwich cores Open
The Beetle Elytron Plate (BEP) is a new class of biomimetic sandwich core that features excellent compressive strength, energy absorption capacity and flexural properties. These characteristics make BEPs suitable as potential replacements …
View article: A Student-Led Project for the Design of an Imaging CubeSat Payload
A Student-Led Project for the Design of an Imaging CubeSat Payload Open
Volcanic ash presents a challenge for the aviation industry. Volcanic ash is semi-transparent, absorbing in the 8-12 micron window. 3D information is needed to be able to back-calculate dose – this is a key parameter in managing airspace. …
View article: TU Delft Research Software Policy
TU Delft Research Software Policy Open
This is the TU Delft Research Software Policy approved by the Executive Board of TU Delft on 16 February 2021. The TU Delft Research Software Policy: facilitates best-practices on research software management and sharing, irrespective of w…
View article: Visualising Compliance of Composite Shell Mechanisms
Visualising Compliance of Composite Shell Mechanisms Open
In the design of isotropic compliant shell-based mechanisms a desired response of an end-effector is commonly achieved through careful selection of shell geometry and material. However, for applications such as the design of medical suppor…
View article: Data Store - Embedded Actuation for Shape-Adaptive Origami
Data Store - Embedded Actuation for Shape-Adaptive Origami Open
The following is data associated with the Publication 'Embedded Actuation for Shape-Adaptive Origami' in the Journal of Mechanical Design.
View article: Data associated with publication 'Mechanics of paper folded origami: a cautionary tale'
Data associated with publication 'Mechanics of paper folded origami: a cautionary tale' Open
The underlying data and MATLAB scripts to support the publication in Mechanics Research Commuications: 'Mechanics of Paper Folded Origami: A Cautionary Tale'
View article: Data for Publication: Experimental Path-Following of Equilibria Using Newton's Method
Data for Publication: Experimental Path-Following of Equilibria Using Newton's Method Open
Models, output data and images for the two-part publication Experimental Path-Following of Equilibria Using Newton's Method.
View article: Beyond the fold: experimentally traversing limit points in nonlinear structures
Beyond the fold: experimentally traversing limit points in nonlinear structures Open
Recent years have seen a paradigm shift regarding the role of nonlinearities and elastic instabilities in engineering science and applied physics. Traditionally viewed as unwanted aberrations, when controlled to be reversible and well beha…
View article: Happy Catastrophe: Recent Progress in Analysis and Exploitation of Elastic Instability
Happy Catastrophe: Recent Progress in Analysis and Exploitation of Elastic Instability Open
A synthesis of recent progress is presented on a topic that lies at the heart of both structural engineering and nonlinear science. The emphasis is on thin elastic structures that lose stability subcritically — without a nearby stable post…