@inproceedings{68f6d18ae9a04b37ae144033ef625e10,
title = "Modified Material Properties in Curved Panels Through Lamina Emergent Torsional Joints",
abstract = "Compliant joints have a number of advantages that make them suitable for highly constrained design problems. While much work has been done on the design of compliant joints manufactured from planar sheet materials, this work focuses on the design of cylindrically-curved joints. A method for using lamina emergent torsional (LET) joints to increase energy storage efficiency in curved sheet materials is presented. A numerical model is provided for predicting the stiffness and maximum applied moment of a curved LET joint. Predicted curved LET joint stiffnesses and maximum moments are utilized to create shape factors that produce an effective modulus of elasticity and an effective modulus of resilience. For a given case, the effective modulus of elasticity is shown to decrease by about three orders of magnitude while the effective resilience decreases by approximately one order of magnitude. Designers can use this information to tailor materials to fit design requirements or to select alternative materials that were previously unsuited for an application.",
author = "Trent Zimmerman and Jared Butler and Dallin Frandsen and Dakota Burrow and David Fullwood and Spencer Magleby and Larry Howell",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IEEE.; 4th IEEE/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2018 ; Conference date: 20-06-2018 Through 22-06-2018",
year = "2018",
month = aug,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1109/REMAR.2018.8449881",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781538663806",
series = "2018 International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2018 - Proceedings",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
editor = "Herder, {Just L.} and {van der Wijk}, Volkert",
booktitle = "2018 International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2018 - Proceedings",
address = "United States",
}