Variable stiffness materials bridge the desirable qualities of soft and rigid robotic
components, forming the basis of new machines that contextually adapt their structural …

We study elastic ribbons subject to large, tensile pre-stress confined to a central region
within the cross-section. These ribbons can buckle spontaneously to form helical shapes …

Slender structures ubiquitously undergo complex shape transformations in both natural and
artificial systems. Soft ribbons can exhibit rich morphologies when subjected to loading and …

It has been proved by the authors that the (extended) Sadowsky functional can be deduced
as the Γ-limit of the Kirchhoff energy on a rectangular strip, as the width of the strip tends to …

The elastic response of mechanical, chemical, and biological systems is often modeled
using a discrete arrangement of Hookean springs, either modeling finite material elements …

花朵, 树叶等自然界的板状结构因发生大变形而具有婀娜多姿的形状, 工程实际的板状结构也会
出现类似现象. 板状结构是指完全相同的面状结构在厚度方向堆砌而形成的厚度尺寸比面内尺寸 …

Bending the edge of a thin elastic material promotes rigidity far from its clamped boundary.
However, this curvature-induced rigidity can be overwhelmed by gravity or other external …

Plate-like structures in nature, such as flowers and leaves, tend to have a curvaceous shape
as a result of a large deformation process. Similar phenomena can also be observed in plate …