2 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
(Dis)continuous buckling transition in elastic shell mediated by contact
Takara Abe, Tomohiko G. Sano
Snap-buckling is a rapid shape transition in slender structures, appearing as a fundamental switching mechanism of natural and man-made systems. Boundary conditions of structures a…
cond-mat.soft2024
Snap and Jump: How Elastic Shells Pop Out
Takara Abe, Isamu Hashiguchi, Yukitake Nakahara +5
Grip, walk, crawl, and jump. Soft robots are integrated functional structures composed of compliant mechanisms, whose activity spans various industrial applications such as surgery…