Deployable composite structures and mechanisms represent a frontier in materials engineering, where innovative fabrication techniques and advanced design principles are utilised to create lightweight, ...

A study published in Nature Communications presents a way to create deployable structures that transform from compact folded states into expansive configurations with perfectly smooth surfaces.

Bistable composite laminates are an emerging class of engineered structures that can exist in two distinct stable configurations without continuous energy input. This inherent multistability is ...

Abstract: Lightweight materials and structures are essential in the aerospace industry, from enabling the large space structures required to advance science missions to reducing fuel consumption.

A constellation of satellites is prepped for deployment, housed within a rocket's payload bay. These satellites are equipped with rapidly manufactured composite deployable solar arrays. Source | ...

(Nanowerk News) Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools used on already small, lightweight satellites. The ability to perform multiple functions is a bonus. To ...