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Title: Global rotation of mechanical metamaterials induced by their internal deformation
Authors: Dudek, Krzysztof Karol
Gatt, Ruben
Mizzi, Luke
Dudek, Mirosław Roman
Attard, Daphne
Grima, Joseph N.
Keywords: Rotational motion (Rigid dynamics)
Rotational motion -- Mathematical models
Metamaterials -- Rotation
Metamaterials -- Mechanical properties
Auxetics (Materials)
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: AIP
Citation: Dudek, K. K., Gatt, R., Mizzi, L., Dudek, M. R., Attard, D., & Grima, J. N. (2017). Global rotation of mechanical metamaterials induced by their internal deformation. AIP Advances, 7(9), 095121.
Abstract: In this work, we propose the concept that a device based on mechanical metamaterials can be used to induce and control its own rotational motion as a result of internal deformations due to the conversion of translational degrees of freedom into rotational ones. The application of a linear force on the structural units of the system may be fine-tuned in order to obtain a desired type of rotation. In particular, we show, how it is possible to maximise the extent of rotation of the system through the alteration of the geometry of the system. We also show how a device based on this concept can be connected to an external body in order to rotate it which result may potentially prove to be very important in the case of applications such as telescopes employed in space.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/104865
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