Models for elastic shells with incompatible strains
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Models for elastic shells with incompatible strains.
The three-dimensional shapes of thin lamina, such as leaves, flowers, feathers, wings, etc., are driven by the differential strain induced by the relative growth. The growth takes place through variations in the Riemannian metric given on the thin sheet as a function of location in the central plane and also across its thickness. The shape is then a consequence of elastic energy minimization on...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1364-5021,1471-2946
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2013.0604