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Mr Alexander Shaw
A High Static Low Dynamic Stiffness anti-vibration mount exploiting a bistable composite plate
Previous work into bistable composites has focused on their potential exploitation in morphing structures. However, this work exploits a bistable composite plate held near its unstable equilibrium position, in the field of vibration isolation. The resulting negative stiffness region is used to tailor the nonlinear force/displacement response of a mount, so that it has High Static but Low Dynamic Stiffness, giving vibration isolation whilst maintaining a load carrying capacity. The project will investigate the design of such a mount, and also produce new insights into the static and dynamic response of composite plates.