Patterns on thin sheets: buckling, wrinkling, crumpling, folding

ORAL

Abstract

Recent experiments on thin sheets under various geometric confinements and distributions of exerted forces found a multitude of pattern types. I will discuss the possibility of classifying this diverse phenomenology by generalizing concepts of primary and secondary instabilities, and basic types of symmetry breaking.

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Authors

  • Benny Davidovitch

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst