Guiding and Harnessing Transition Waves in Multi-Stable Mechanical Structures

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  • TBMG-36856
Published May 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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A deployable structure can transition from a compact state to an expanded one. Such structures usually require rather complicated locking mechanisms to hold them in place. Today’s deployable structures aren’t always reliable or autonomous. Harnessing the domino effect, researchers have designed deployable systems that expand quickly with a small push and are stable and locked into place after deployment.