23 research outputs found
Deformations of crystal frameworks
We apply our deformation theory of periodic bar-and-joint frameworks to
tetrahedral crystal structures. The deformation space is investigated in detail
for frameworks modelled on quartz, cristobalite and tridymite
Liftings and stresses for planar periodic frameworks
We formulate and prove a periodic analog of Maxwell's theorem relating
stressed planar frameworks and their liftings to polyhedral surfaces with
spherical topology. We use our lifting theorem to prove deformation and
rigidity-theoretic properties for planar periodic pseudo-triangulations,
generalizing features known for their finite counterparts. These properties are
then applied to questions originating in mathematical crystallography and
materials science, concerning planar periodic auxetic structures and ultrarigid
periodic frameworks.Comment: An extended abstract of this paper has appeared in Proc. 30th annual
Symposium on Computational Geometry (SOCG'14), Kyoto, Japan, June 201
Expansive periodic mechanisms
A one-parameter deformation of a periodic bar-and-joint framework is
expansive when all distances between joints increase or stay the same. In
dimension two, expansive behavior can be fully explained through our theory of
periodic pseudo-triangulations. However, higher dimensions present new
challenges. In this paper we study a number of periodic frameworks with
expansive capabilities in dimension and register both similarities
and contrasts with the two-dimensional case
Geometric auxetics
We formulate a mathematical theory of auxetic behavior based on one-parameter
deformations of periodic frameworks. Our approach is purely geometric, relies
on the evolution of the periodicity lattice and works in any dimension. We
demonstrate its usefulness by predicting or recognizing, without experiment,
computer simulations or numerical approximations, the auxetic capabilities of
several well-known structures available in the literature. We propose new
principles of auxetic design and rely on the stronger notion of expansive
behavior to provide an infinite supply of planar auxetic mechanisms and several
new three-dimensional structures
Extremal Configurations of Hinge Structures
We study body-and-hinge and panel-and-hinge chains in R^d, with two marked
points: one on the first body, the other on the last. For a general chain, the
squared distance between the marked points gives a Morse-Bott function on a
torus configuration space. Maximal configurations, when the distance between
the two marked points reaches a global maximum, have particularly simple
geometrical characterizations. The three-dimensional case is relevant for
applications to robotics and molecular structures
Periodic Auxetics: Structure and Design
Materials science has adopted the term of auxetic behavior for structural deformations where stretching in some direction entails lateral widening, rather than lateral shrinking. Most studies, in the last three decades, have explored repetitive or cellular structures and used the notion of negative Poisson\u27s ratio as the hallmark of auxetic behavior. However, no general auxetic principle has been established from this perspective. In the present article, we show that a purely geometric approach to periodic auxetics is apt to identify essential characteristics of frameworks with auxetic deformations and can generate a systematic and endless series of periodic auxetic designs. The critical features refer to convexity properties expressed through families of homothetic ellipsoids
Extremal Reaches in Polynomial Time
Given a 3D polygonal chain with fixed edge lengths and fixed angles between consecutive edges (shortly, a revolutejointed chain or robot arm), the Extremal Reaches Problem asks for those configurations where the distance between the endpoints attains a global maximum or minimum value. In this paper, we solve it with a polynomial time algorithm. Copyright 2011 ACM
Periodic Tilings and Auxetic Deployments
We investigate geometric characteristics of a specific planar periodic framework with three degrees of freedom. While several avatars of this structural design have been considered in materials science under the name of chiral or missing rib models, all previous studies have addressed only local properties and limited deployment scenarios. We describe the global configuration space of the framework and emphasize the geometric underpinnings of auxetic deformations. Analogous structures may be considered in arbitrary dimension
Infinitesimal Periodic Deformations and Quadrics
We describe a correspondence between the infinitesimal deformations of a periodic bar-and-joint framework and periodic arrangements of quadrics. This intrinsic correlation provides useful geometric characteristics. A direct consequence is a method for detecting auxetic deformations, identified by a pattern consisting of homothetic ellipsoids. Examples include frameworks with higher crystallographic symmetry