This paper explores the ability to tailor the mechanical properties of composite compliant shell mechanisms, by exploiting the thermal prestress introduced during the composite laminate cure. An extension of an analytical tape spring model with composite thermal analysis is presented, and the effect of the thermal prestress is studied by means of energy landscapes for the cylindrical composite shells. Tape springs that would otherwise be monostable structures become bistable and exhibit greater ranges of low-energy twisting with thermally induced prestress. Predicted shell geometries are compared with finite element (FE) results and manufactured samples, showing good agreement between all approaches. Wider challenges around the manufacture of prestressed composite compliant mechanisms are discussed.
References
1.
Radaelli
, G.
, and Herder
, J.
, 2014
, “Isogeometric Shape Optimization for Compliant Mechanisms With Prescribed Load Paths
,” ASME
Paper No. DETC2014-35373.2.
Radaelli
, G.
, and Herder
, J.
, 2016
, “A Monolithic Compliant Large-Range Gravity Balancer
,” Mech. Mach. Theory
, 102
, pp. 55
–67
.3.
Weaver
, P.
, O'Donnell
, M.
, and York
, C.
, 2010
, “Approximations for Warp-Free Laminate Configurations
,” AIAA
Paper No. 2010-2774.4.
Guest
, S.
, and Pellegrino
, S.
, 2006
, “Analytical Models for Bistable Cylindrical Shells
,” Proc. R. Soc. A
, 462
(2067
), pp. 839
–854
.5.
Guest
, S.
, Kebadze
, E.
, and Pellegrino
, S.
, 2011
, “A Zero-Stiffness Elastic Shell Structure
,” J. Mech. Mater. Struct.
, 6
(1–4
), pp. 203
–212
.6.
Seffen
, K.
, and Guest
, S.
, 2011
, “Prestressed Morphing Bistable and Neutrally Stable Shells
,” ASME J. Appl. Mech.
, 78
(1
), p. 011002
.7.
Murphey
, T.
, and Pellegrino
, S.
, 2004
, “A Novel Actuated Composite Tape-Spring for Deployable Structures
,” AIAA
Paper No.2014-1528.8.
Schultz
, M.
, Hulse
, M.
, Keller
, P.
, and Turse
, D.
, 2008
, “Neutrally Stable Behavior in Fiber-Reinforced Composite Tape Springs
,” Compos. Part A
, 39
(6
), pp. 1012
–1017
.9.
Morsch
, F.
, and Herder
, J.
, 2010
, “Design of a Generic Zero Stiffness Compliant Joint
,” ASME
Paper No. DETC2010-28351.10.
Herder
, J.
, Barents
, R.
, Schenk
, M.
, van Dorsser
, W.
, and Wisse
, B.
, 2011
, “Spring-to-Spring Balancing as Energy-Free Adjustment Method in Gravity Equilibrators
,” ASME J. Mech. Des.
, 133
(6
), p. 061010
.11.
Schenk
, M.
, and Guest
, S.
, 2014
, “On Zero Stiffness
,” Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Part C
, 228
(10
), pp. 1701
–1714
.12.
Cantera
, M.
, Romera
, J.
, Adarraga
, I.
, and Mujika
, F.
, 2014
, “Modelling of [0/90] Laminates Subject to Thermal Effects Considering Mechanical Curvature and Through-the-Thickness Strain
,” Compos. Struct.
, 110
(1
), pp. 77
–87
.13.
Nettles
, A.
, 1994
, “Basic Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates
,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marshall Spaceflight Centre, Huntsville, AL, Report No. NASA-RP-1351, M-764, NAS 1.61:1351
.https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=1995000934914.
Mansfield
, E.
, 1989
, The Bending & Stretching of Plates
, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press
, New York.15.
Daynes
, S.
, and Weaver
, P.
, 2013
, “Stiffness Tailoring Using Prestress in Adaptive Composite Structures
,” Compos. Struct.
, 106
, pp. 282
–287
.16.
Pirrera
, A.
, Lachenal
, X.
, Daynes
, S.
, Weaver
, P.
, and Chenchiah
, I.
, 2013
, “Multi-Stable Cylindrical Lattices
,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids
, 61
(11
), pp. 2087
–2107
.17.
Lachenal
, X.
, Weaver
, P.
, and Daynes
, S.
, 2012
, “Multi-Stable Composite Twisting Structure for Morphing Applications
,” Proc. R. Soc. A
, 468
(2141
), pp. 1230
–1251
.18.
Lachenal
, X.
, Daynes
, S.
, and Weaver
, P.
, 2013
, “A Zero Torsional Stiffness Twist Morphing Blade as a Wind Turbine Load Alleviation Device
,” Smart Mater. Struct.
, 22
(6
), p. 065016
.19.
Fancey
, K.
, and Pang
, J.
, 2009
, “The Flexural Stiffness Characteristics of Viscoelastically Prestressed Polymeric Matrix Composites
,” Compos. Part A
, 40
(6–7
), pp. 784
–790
.20.
Brinkmeyer
, A.
, Pellegrino
, S.
, and Weaver
, P.
, 2015
, “Effects of Long-Term Stowage on the Deployment of Bistable Tape Springs
,” ASME J. Appl. Mech.
, 83
(1
), p. 011008
.21.
Fancey
, K.
, and Fazal
, A.
, 2016
, “Prestressed Polymeric Matrix Composites: Longevity Aspects
,” Polym. Compos.
, 37
(7
), pp. 2092
–2097
.22.
Nijssen
, J.
, 2016
, “A Type Synthesis Approach to Compliant Shell Mechanisms
,” Master's thesis
, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid%3A37a0cbaf-6e7a-4b2f-b987-b0e47c8dc59a23.
Murphey
, T.
, Francis
, W.
, Davis
, B.
, and Mejia-Ariza
, J.
, 2015
, “High Strain Composites
,” AIAA
Paper No. 2015-0942.24.
Ratcliffe
, J.
, Czabaj
, M.
, and O'Brien
, T.
, 2012
, “Characterizing Delamination Migration in Carbon/Epoxy Tape Laminates
,” 27th American Society for Composites Technical Conference, Arlington, TX, Oct. 1–3.25.
Weaver
, P.
, 2005
, “Anisotropic Laminates That Resist Warping During Manufacture
,” 15th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM15)
, Durban, South Africa
, June 27–July 2
.26.
Diaconu
, C.
, and Sekine
, H.
, 2004
, “Erratum on Flexural Characteristics and Layup Optimization of Laminated Composite Plates Under Hygrothermal Conditions Using Lamination Parameters
,” J. Therm. Stress.
, 27
(12
), pp. 1213
–1216
.27.
Tsai
, S.
, 1981
, Introduction to Composite Materials
, Technomic Publishing
, Westport, CT
.28.
Etches
, J.
, Potter
, K.
, Weaver
, P.
, and Bond
, I.
, 2009
, “Environmental Effects on Thermally Induced Multistability in Unsymmetric Composite Laminates
,” Compos. Part A
, 40
(8
), pp. 1240
–1247
.29.
Telford
, R.
, 2014
, “Hygro-Thermal Residual Stresses in Unsymmetrical Multi-Stable Composite Laminates
,” Ph.D. thesis
, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.https://ulir.ul.ie/handle/10344/4270Copyright © 2019 by ASME
You do not currently have access to this content.
