Introduction

Deployable structures are a novel and unique type of engineering structure, which can be packaged for transportation and expanded at the time of operation. They retain the functionality of conventional structures, but are also able to undergo large geometric transformations. This subject encompasses both mechanical and structural engineering. (more...)

Current Projects

• 3D Structural Mechanisms
• Inverting Domes for Needless Injection Devices
• Mechanism Bifurcation
• Membrane Structures
• Medical Foldables (Stents)
• Civil Engineering Foldables

Contact Zhong for information on these projects.

Past Projects

• Structural Mechanisms
• Deployable Space Frames
• Retractable Structures
• Design Optimisation and Shape Adjustment
• Cable Net Structures
• Membrane Structures

Key Words

pantographs, dynamic and kinematic simulation, finite element method, force method, geometry, linkages, mechanisms, prestress, retractable roofs, sensitivities, single degree of freedom system and topology,

This page is created by Zhong You, who is a university lecturer in the Department of Engineering Science of Oxford University. This is a link to his current address. You may e-mail zhong.you@eng.ox.ac.uk for further infomation.

Zhong was an EPSRC advanced fellow based at Cambridge University before moving to Oxford.