Abstract
Multistable laminates have been actively studied in recent years due to its potential applications in morphing and energy harvesting devices. Variable stiffness (VS) bistable laminates provide opportunities for further improvements in design space in comparison with constant stiffness bistable laminates. The snap-through process involving shape transition between the stable configurations is highly nonlinear in nature and exhibits rich dynamics. Exploiting the dynamic characteristics during the snap-through transition is of considerable interest in designing the morphing structural components. In this paper, we present a semi-analytical model based on Rayleigh–Ritz approach in conjunction with Hamilton’s principle to predict the natural frequencies of bistable VS laminates. The obtained results are compared with the results from the full geometrically nonlinear finite element (FE) model. The proposed FE model is further extended to study the dynamics of VS laminates subjected to external forces with different amplitudes. Subsequently, a parametric study is performed to explore the effect of different curvilinear fiber alignments on natural frequencies, mode shapes, free vibration characteristics and forced vibration characteristics (single-well and cross-well vibrations).
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