Reconfigurable Structure using Multifunctional Mechanized Materials for Threats Precognition and Neutralization

Abstract

A novel concept of adaptive reconfigurable structures using multifunctional mechanized materials was developed. Specifically, a topology optimization based Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) was derived and the feasibility of the Adaptive Muscle System (AMS) was demonstrated using numerical simulations. The main function of the ANS is to instruct individual adaptive mechanized material cell to reconfigure their shapes based on the location and intensity of the strain. The instantaneously reaction of individual mechanized material cell will be realized by the AMS in order to strength the structure. The building block of the mechanized materials is a novel bi-stable cylindrical shell that can reconfigure itself very quickly.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 24, 2015
Accession Number
ADA627033

Entities

People

  • Hae C. Gea

Organizations

  • Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Computational Science
  • Eigenvalues
  • Electronic Mail
  • Equations
  • Mass Production
  • Materials
  • Nervous System
  • Neutralization
  • Optimization
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Topology
  • Topology Optimization
  • Two Dimensional
  • Vibration

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