Exploiting dynamic bifurcation in elastic ribbons for mode skipping and selection

• Main Authors: Huang, Weicheng, Yu, Tian, Vella, Dominic, Hsia, K. Jimmy, Liu, Mingchao
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Elastic ribbon; Structural dynamics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178967
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, we systematically study the dynamic snap-through behavior of a pre-deformed elastic ribbon by combining theoretical analysis, discrete numerical simulations, and experiments. By rotating one of its clamped ends with controlled angular speed, we observe two snap-through transition p...