Wednesday, April 25, 2012

1204.5237 (Zhenwei Yao et al.)

Planar sheets meet negative curvature liquid interfaces    [PDF]

Zhenwei Yao, Mark Bowick, Xu Ma
We analyze the geometric frustration arising in elasto-capillary systems when planar inextensible elastic sheets are wrapped on negative curvature substrates. We also propose a design for generating negative curvature liquid interfaces. Both concentric wrinkles and eye-like folds are shown to be compatible with negative curvatures. We discuss both types of geometric frustration and the phase diagram controlling their appearance.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.5237

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