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cond-mat.soft2018★ 45 cited
Capillary imbibition in a square tube
Tian Yu, Jiajia Zhou, Masao Doi
When a square tube is brought in contact with bulk liquid, the liquid wets the corners of the tube, and creates finger-like wetted region. The wetting of the liquid then takes plac…
cond-mat.soft2018★ 32 cited
Overcurvature induced multistability of linked conical frusta: How a `bendy straw' holds its shape
Nakul P. Bende, Tian Yu, Nicholas A. Corbin +4
We study the origins of multiple mechanically stable states exhibited by an elastic shell comprising multiple conical frusta, a geometry common to reconfigurable corrugated structu…