3 papers
cond-mat.soft2020
What is the stiffness of a bent book?
Samuel Poincloux, Tian Chen, Basile Audoly +1
We study the bending of a book-like system, comprising a stack of elastic plates coupled through friction. The behavior of this layered system is rich and nontrivial, with a non-ad…
cond-mat.soft2020
Smooth triaxial weaving with naturally curved ribbons
Changyeob Baek, Alison G. Martin, Samuel Poincloux +2
Triaxial weaving is a handicraft technique that has long been used to create curved structures using initially straight and flat ribbons. Weavers typically introduce discrete topol…
cond-mat.soft2018
Crackling dynamics in the mechanical response of knitted fabrics, Version 2
Samuel Poincloux, Mokhtar Adda-Bedia, Frédéric Lechenault
Crackling noise, which occurs in a wide range of situations, is characterized by discrete events of various sizes, often correlated in the form of avalanches. We report experimenta…