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SUMMARY:The taming of the tape spring: Practical methods for storing and d
 eploying structural flexible tubes - Dr Andrew Viquerat\, University of Su
 rrey
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CONTACT:Jamie Clarkson
DESCRIPTION:Tape-springs and other related slit and closed-section flexibl
 e tubes are often used as lightweight extendable structural members. Advan
 tages of these structures include a very compact coiled stowed state\, and
  a controllable deployed length. Limitations of these structures in their 
 deployed state include low torsional stiffness and buckling strength\, and
  typically large thermally induced distortions. This talk will provide an 
 introduction to some of the challenges encountered in the storage an uncoi
 ling of these tubes\, including the formation of localised folds\, local b
 uckling\, deployment shock\, and ‘blossoming’\, and will discuss some 
 of the practical approaches taken to remedy them. Examples will primarily 
 be taken from the space industry\, which has arguably been the scene of th
 e greatest proliferation in coiled tape-spring-like deployment mechanism d
 esigns and applications.\n\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting https://eng-cam.zoom.us/j/
 84647160140?pwd=azl5dC9Od1hZL0xzM0dLU3N4MHIwUT09\n\nMeeting ID: 846 4716 0
 140 Passcode: 153130\n
LOCATION:CivEng Seminar Room (1-33) (Civil Engineering Building)
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