Joerg Lahann, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Bio Medical Engineering, University of Michigan. Dr. Lahann introduced rationale for designing adaptive structural ...

Tensegrity structures comprise isolated compressive members suspended within a continuous network of tensioned elements, yielding lightweight yet remarkably resilient systems. The inherent self-stress ...

The NABUCCO project aims to develop radically new concepts of adaptive and buckling-driven composite structures for next generation aircraft. In aeronautics, buckling is generally avoided because it ...

An example of the polarized communities in an attributed signed network. Solid edges are positive, while dashed edges are negative. The polarized communities where the green box is located utilize ...

Abstract: The primary focus of this research is to analyze and experimentally verify the response reduction attributes of an NSD in (a) elastic structural systems, (b) yielding systems, and (3) ...

Several participants argued that UAVs (UASs) in general are of high importance, but the least likely to benefit from adaptive materials and structures. They are inexpensive and easy to build, and ...