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Geometry and Mechanics of Ribbon Gridshells
Daniel Castro, Joo-Won Hong, Hillel Aharoni +3
Mechanical metamaterials exhibit anomalous properties induced from non-trivial mesoscopic constituents. Inspired from architectural and industrial structures, we introduce arrangem…
Pressure and asymmetry govern the shape and stiffness of inflatables
Nathan Vani, Tom Joblin, Alejandro Ibarra +3
Inflatables made of thin sheets constitute a lightweight, scalable alternative to conventional soft robots. Since sheets are essentially inextensible while offering low resistance…
Coalescence of viscous blisters under an elastic sheet
W-E. Khatla, L. Duchemin, A. Eddi +1
We study the coalescence of identical viscous blisters beneath an elastic sheet both experimentally and numerically. Using a time-resolved synthetic schlieren technique, we measure…
Asymmetric Bending Boundary Layer: the -test
Nathan Vani, Alejandro Ibarra, José Bico +2
We investigate the mechanics of two asymmetric ribbons bound at one end and pulled apart at the other ends. We characterize the elastic junction near the bonding and conceptualize…
Programming stiff inflatable shells from planar patterned fabrics
Emmanuel Siéfert, Etienne Reyssat, José Bico +1
Lack of stiffness often limits thin shape-shifting structures to small scales. The large in-plane transformations required to distort the metrics are indeed commonly achieved by us…
How long will a bubble be ?
T. Gilet, T. Scheller, E. Reyssat +2
A soap bubble is a metastable object that eventually breaks. Indeed, the soapy water film thins until rupture, due to drainage and evaporation. In our experimental investigations,…