Overcurvature induced multistability of linked conical frusta: how a ‘bendy straw’ holds its shape-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Overcurvature induced multistability of linked conical frusta: how a ‘bendy straw’ holds its shape

Published:2018 Issue:42 Volume:14 Page:8636-8642
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Bende Nakul P.¹²³^ORCID,Yu Tian⁴⁵⁶³^ORCID,Corbin Nicholas A.⁴⁵⁶³,Dias Marcelo A.⁷⁸⁹¹⁰^ORCID,Santangelo Christian D.¹¹²³,Hanna James A.⁴⁵⁶³¹²,Hayward Ryan C.¹²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Polymer Science and Engineering

2. University of Massachusetts Amherst

3. USA

4. Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

5. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

6. Blacksburg

7. Department of Engineering

8. Aarhus University

9. Aarhus

10. Denmark

11. Department of Physics

12. Department of Physics & Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics

Abstract

We study the origins of multiple mechanically stable states exhibited by an elastic shell comprising multiple conical frusta, a geometry common to reconfigurable corrugated structures such as ‘bendy straws’.

Funder

Division of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/SM/C8SM01355A

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