Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140104408

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140104408

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Design of nastic cellular structures with osmotic actuation. Shape changing structures play an imperative role in aerospace, automobile, energy and other industries. This project aims to develop novel concepts extracted from nastic motion in plants and relevant computational algorithms for the design of nastic cellular structures with osmotic actuation. The project is of significance as it offers a potential solution to the shape morphing challenge in aircraft and automobile from biomimetics viewpoint - nastic actuation. The expected outcomes will be: a new numerical method for designing nastic cellular structures; and, validated algorithms with a novel topological geometry representation and multi objectives and constraints for applications in morphing structures with multiple target shapes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 28-05-2014

End Date: 30-06-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $450,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Solid Mechanics | Structural Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aerospace Equipment | Automotive Equipment | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering |

Other Keywords

Aerospace Equipment | Automotive Equipment | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation | Solid Mechanics | Structural Engineering

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