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cond-mat.soft2025
Geometric Mechanics of Thin Periodic Surfaces
Wenqian Sun, Yanxin Feng, Christian D. Santangelo +1
Thin surfaces are ubiquitous in nature, from leaves to cell membranes, and in technology, from paper to corrugated containers. Structural thinness imbues them with flexibility, the…
cond-mat.soft2025
Rigidity of generic random tensegrity structures
Vishal Sudhakar, William Stephenson, James P. McInerney +1
Many mechanical structures, both engineered and biological, combine heavy rigid elements such as bones and beams with lightweight flexible ones such as cables and membranes. These…
cond-mat.soft2024
Novel mechanical response of parallelogram-face origami governed by topological characteristics
Yanxin Feng, Andrew Wu, James McInerney +3
Origami principles are used to create strong, lightweight structures with complex mechanical response. However, identifying the fundamental physical principles that determine a she…