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Strengthening by softening: Rigidity increase of a curved sheet from nonlinear regime of deformation
Nino Quillent-Elinguel, Thomas Barois
It is well-known that a thin sheet held in a rigid circular clamp has a larger flexural strength than when it is flat. Here, we report that the flexural strength of curved sheets i…
Controlled Locomotion of a Minimal Soft Structure by Stick-Slip Nonlinearity
Thomas Barois, A. Boucherie, L. Tadrist +1
We present a locomotion mechanism that uses the stick-slip transition of a soft passive structure with an internal mechanical resonance. The structure is harmonically driven by a g…
Transition to stress focusing for locally curved sheets
Thomas Barois, Ilyes Jalisse, Loïc Tadrist +1
A rectangular thin elastic sheet is deformed by forcing a contact between two points at the middle of its length. A transition to buckling with stress focusing is reported for the…