2 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Post-buckling of fiber-reinforced soft tissues
Yang Liu, Rui-Cheng Liu, Wanyu Ma +1
Fiber-reinforcement is a universal feature of many biological tissues. It involves the interplay between fiber stiffness, fiber orientation, and the elastic properties of the matri…
physics.bio-ph2024
Elephant trunk wrinkles: A mathematical model of function and form
Yang Liu, Alain Goriely, L. Angela Mihai
A notable feature of the elephant trunk is the pronounced wrinkling that enables its great flexibility. Here, we devise a general mathematical model that accounts for the character…