Print Email Facebook Twitter A multibody kinematic system approach for the design of shape-morphing mechanism-based metamaterials Title A multibody kinematic system approach for the design of shape-morphing mechanism-based metamaterials Author de Jong, P.H. (TU Delft Support Biomechanical Engineering) Schwab, A.L. (TU Delft Biomechatronics & Human-Machine Control) Mirzaali, Mohammad J. (TU Delft Biomaterials & Tissue Biomechanics) Zadpoor, A.A. (TU Delft Biomaterials & Tissue Biomechanics) Date 2023 Abstract Shape-morphing structures have the ability to adapt to various target shapes, offering significant advantages for many applications. However, predicting their behavior presents challenges. Here, we present a method to assess the shape-matching behavior of shape-morphing structures using a multibody systems approach wherein the structure is represented by a collection of nodes and their associated constraints. This representation preserves the kinematic properties of the original structure while allowing for a rigorous treatment of the shape-morphing behavior of the underlying metamaterial. We assessed the utility of the proposed method by applying it to a wide range of 2D/3D sample shape-morphing structures. A modular system of joints and links was also 3D printed for the experimental realization of the systems under study. Both our simulations and the experiments confirmed the ability of the presented technique to capture the true shape-morphing behavior of complex shape-morphing metamaterials. Subject OA-Fund TU Delft To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:24038b9a-be2d-4c3c-a471-27ec9fa0aadc DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-023-00410-2 ISSN 2662-4443 Source Communications Materials, 4 (1) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2023 P.H. de Jong, A.L. Schwab, Mohammad J. Mirzaali, A.A. Zadpoor Files PDF s43246_023_00410_2.pdf 3.27 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:24038b9a-be2d-4c3c-a471-27ec9fa0aadc/datastream/OBJ/view