This study aims to design novel tailorable and effective mechanisms by controlling buckling behaviour in structural elements of a composite wing for future morphing application. Instead the traditional against buckling, idea is embrace this built-in instability using nonlinear post-buckling response control stiffness changes which redistribute load structure. To enable desired multi-stable conf...

This paper presents an experimental investigation on vibrations of heated composite plates leading to thermal buckling. The tests were performed considering two main goals: the application Vibration Correlation Technique for detection buckling in plates; and exploration frequency variations before after occurrence a mode jump post-buckling regime. Two test setups used. shared low expansion fram...