Solid-liquid composite structures: elastic beams with embedded liquid-filled parallel-channel networks
Soft Condensed Matter
2014-09-09 v1
Abstract
Deformation due to embedded fluidic networks is currently studied in the context of soft-actuators and soft-robotics. Expanding on this concept, beams can be designed so that the pressure in the channel-network is created directly from external forces acting on the beam, and thus can be viewed as passive solid-liquid composite structure. We obtain a continuous function relating the network geometry to the deformation. This enables design of networks creating arbitrary steady and time varying deformation-fields as well as to eliminate deformation created by external forces.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1409.2113,
title = {Solid-liquid composite structures: elastic beams with embedded liquid-filled parallel-channel networks},
author = {Yoav Matia and Amir Gat},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.2113},
year = {2014}
}