Elastic Instability in Soft Systems I

Presentations

• Using elastic instabilities to overcoming nature's actuation limitations: dynamics of ultrafast motion in biological and bio-inspired systems

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 2:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:06 PM

  Publication: O. Bolmin, J.J. Socha, M. Alleyne, A.C. Dunn, K. Fezzaa, A.A. Wissa, Nonlinear elasticity and damping govern ultrafast dynamics in click beetles, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 118 (5) e2014569118, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014569118 (2021)<br>Bolmin, O., M. Alleyne, A.A. Wissa, "Power flow in fast-moving organisms: the case study of click beetles", in prep.

  Presenters

  • Ophelia Bolmin

    Carnegie Mellon University

  Authors

  • Aimy Wissa

    Princeton University

  • Ophelia Bolmin

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • Marianne Alleyne

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Teagan Mathur

    Princeton University

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• Reversible kink instability drives ultrafast directional jumping in nematodes and soft robots.

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:18 PM

  Publication: S. Kumar et al. Reversible kink instability drives ultrafast jumping in nematodes and soft robots.<br>In revision Science Robotics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.07.598012v1,<br>2024.

  Presenters

  • Sunny Kumar

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Sunny Kumar

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Ishant Tiwari

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Victor M Ortega-Jimenez

    UC berkeley

  • Adler R Dillman

    Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside,

  • Saad Bhamla

    Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Dual Latches Mediated Snapping and Launching of Magneto-elastic Gels

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:18 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Melody Xu

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Melody Xu

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Alfred J Crosby

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Massachusetts

  • James J Watkins

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Thermalized buckling of extensible, semiflexible polymers

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Richard Huang

    Harvard University

  Authors

  • Richard Huang

    Harvard University

  • David R Nelson

    Harvard, Harvard University

  • Suraj Shankar

    University of Michigan

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• Buckling in compressed elastic strips: an analogue to parametric instabilities

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:42 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Helen E Read

    Harvard University

  Authors

  • Helen E Read

    Harvard University

  • Giada Risso

    Harvard University

  • Adel AT Djellouli

    Harvard University

  • Katia Bertoldi

    Harvard University

  • Arnaud Lazarus

    Sorbonne University

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• Space-time parametric instability in a soft string

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:54 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Eléonore Duval

    LAUM, Le Mans Université - LPENS, ENS Paris

  Authors

  • Eléonore Duval

    LAUM, Le Mans Université - LPENS, ENS Paris

  • Vincent Tournat

    CNRS

  • François Pétrélis

    LPENS, ENS Paris

  • Maxime Lanoy

    LAUM, Le Mans Université

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• The pre-strained elastica

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Ludwig Alexander Hoffmann

    Harvard University

  Authors

  • Ludwig Alexander Hoffmann

    Harvard University

  • Paul R Kaneelil

    Harvard University

  • L Mahadevan

    Harvard University

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• Drifting via bending: Sensing extrinsic curvature for propulsion

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:18 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Samay Hulikal

    Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Samay Hulikal

    Syracuse University

  • Nidhi Pashine

    Syracuse University

  • Christian Santangelo

    Syracuse University

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• Soda forming: sequential ring buckling of uniaxially compressed beverage cans

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Shresht Jain

    University of Manchester

  Authors

  • Shresht Jain

    University of Manchester

  • Draga Pihler-Puzovic

    University of Manchester

  • Finn Box

    University of Manchester

  • Chris G Johnson

    University of Manchester

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• Shape Morphing and Instabilities in Twisted Nematic Elastomer Shells

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:42 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexia Chatzitheodorou

    Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Alexia Chatzitheodorou

    Syracuse University

  • Christian Santangelo

    Syracuse University

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• Bundle architecture of twisted elastic filaments with migration

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:54 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Amit Dawadi

    Clark University

  Authors

  • Amit Dawadi

    Clark University

  • Julien Chopin

    Physics Institute, Federal University of Bahia

  • Arshad A Kudrolli

    Clark University

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• Twist Deformation in Trefoil Knot

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 5:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Taiki Goto

    Keio Univ

  Authors

  • Taiki Goto

    Keio Univ

  • Shunsuke Nomura

    Keio Univ

  • Tomohiko G Sano

    Keio Univ

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• Impact of Crystallographic Defect-Inspired Cut Patterns on Kirigami Mechanics

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 5:18 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Byungho Lee

    Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  Authors

  • Byungho Lee

    Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Anna Lee

    Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Lihua Jin

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Shivam Agarwal

    University of California, Los Angeles

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