摘要
Wepresentabio-inspiredstrategyfordesigningembeddedstrainsensorsinspacestructures.Ininsects,thecampaniformsensillumisaholeextendingthroughthecuticlearrangedsuchthatitsshapechangesinresponsetoloads.Theshapechangeisrotatedthrough90?bythesuspensionofabell-shapedcapwhosedeflectionisdetectedbyacellbeneaththecuticle.Itcanbesensitivetodisplacementsoftheorderof1nm.Theessentialmorphology,aholeformedinaplateoffibrouscompositemate-rial,wasmodelledbySkordosetal.whoshowedthatglobaldeformationoftheplate(whichcanbeflat,curvedoratube)induceshigherlocaldeformationoftheholeduetoitslocallyhighercompliance.Furtherdevelopmentsreportedhereshowthatthisapproachcanbeappliedtogroupsofholesrelativetotheirorientation.Themorphologyofthesensillumininsectssuggeststhatgreatersensitivitycanbeachievedbyarrangingseveralholesinaregularpattern;thatiftheholeisovalitcanbe'aimed'tosensespecificstraindirections;andthateitherbycontrollingtheshapeoftheholeoritsrelationshipwithotherholesitcanhaveatunedresponsetodynamicstrains.Weinvestigatespaceapplicationsinwhichnovelbio-inspiredstrainsensorscouldsuccessfullybeused.
出版日期
2007年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)