3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Self-Buckling of Pressurized Cylindrical Tubes
Morten Opstrup Andersen, Nikolaj Tønner Osvald Olsen, Diksha Bhola +4
We investigate the buckling of hollow cylindrical tubes subject to their own weight and internal pressure, inspired by the columnar cells of the palisade mesophyll in dicotyledon l…
cond-mat.soft2025
Nonlinear morphoelastic energy based theory for stimuli responsive elastic shells
Matteo Taffetani, Matteo Pezzulla
Large deformations play a central role in the shape transformations of slender active and biological structures. A classical example is the eversion of the Volvox embryo, which dem…
cs.RO2023
The "Pac-Man'' Gripper: Tactile Sensing and Grasping through Thin-Shell Buckling
Kieran Barvenik, Zachary Coogan, Gabriele Librandi +2
Soft and lightweight grippers have greatly enhanced the performance of robotic manipulators in handling complex objects with varying shape, texture, and stiffness. However, the com…