A MATERIAL, DEVICES AND STRUCTURES INCLUDING A MATERIAL, AND A METHOD OF FORMING A MATERIAL

摘要

A method of manufacturing a multistable member, the method comprising: forming a member with one or more variations in bending stiffness along a length of the member such that the member will have two or more substantially stable forms when the member is subjected to one or more boundary conditions; and deforming the member to subject the member to the one or more boundary conditions to form a multistable member which is configured for actuation between a first and a second substantially stable form, wherein the first and second substantially stable forms are determined by the one or more variations in the bending stiffness along the length of the multistable member and the one or more boundary conditions to which the multistable member is subjected.