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Multistability and snap-through behaviour of a monostable clamped strip from Adaptive compliant structures for flow regulation
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posted on 2017-08-04, 08:43 authored by Gaetano Arena, Rainer M. J. Groh, Alex Brinkmeyer, Raf Theunissen, Paul M. Weaver, Alberto PirreraA monostable buckled structure snaps from its first to its second inverted configuration when a transverse load is applied, but load removal causes snap back to the original unloaded equilibrium.