2 papers
cond-mat.soft2018
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…
physics.class-ph2017
Impact-induced acceleration by obstacles
N. A. Corbin, J. A. Hanna, W. R. Royston +2
We explore a surprising phenomenon in which an obstruction accelerates, rather than decelerates, a moving flexible object. It has been claimed that the right kind of discrete chain…