Isometric immersions, energy minimization and self-similar buckling in non-Euclidean elastic sheets
The edges of torn plastic sheets and growing leaves often display hierarchical buckling patterns. We show that this complex morphology i) emerges even in zero strain configurations, and ii) is driven by a competition between the two principal curvatures, rather than between bending and stretching. W...
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| Language: | en |
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EPL ASSOCIATION, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/617197 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/617197 |