3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
The physics of crêpes: Elasto-gravity control of soft folding
Tom Marzin, Barath Venkateswaran, Yuchen Xi +2
Like a crêpe resting on a plate, a thin elastic sheet can fold smoothly under its own weight, forming reversible shapes without creases or imposed hinges. Such soft folds arise fro…
cond-mat.soft2024
Augmented snap-through instability of folded strips
Tom Marzin, Barath Venkateswaran, Thomas Baroux +1
Bistability and snap-through instabilities are central to various mechanisms in nature and engineering, enabling rapid movement and large shape changes with minimal energy input. T…
physics.flu-dyn2024
Stacked Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities grow drops into soft stalactite-like structures
Barath Venkateswaran, Trevor J. Jones, Grace Kresge +3
The interplay between thin film hydrodynamics and solidification produces formidably intricate geophysical structures, such as stalactites and icicles, whose shape is a testimony o…