Buckling-driven mechanisms for twisting control in adaptive composite wings

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 configurations, three buckling-driven are investigated restraining out-of-plane deformation point, area maximum displacement constraints. Numerical studies proposed at first conducted on plate later integrated twisting simplified thin-walled box. The offer opportunities configurations demonstrate potential realise wings employing controlled behaviours components.