Overcurvature induced multistability of linked conical frusta: How a ‘bendy straw’ holds its shape
Published in Soft Matter, 2018
Recommended citation: Bende, N. P., Yu, T., Corbin, N. A., Dias, M. A., Santangelo, C. D., Hanna, J. A., Hayward, R. C., “Overcurvature induced multistability of linked conical frusta: How a ‘bendy straw’ holds its shape”, Soft Matter, vol. 14, no. 42, pp. 8636–8642, 2018, issn: 1744-683X. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SM01355A
This paper is about the stability of linked conical frusta, i.e. bendy straws. We investigate the effects of material, geometry, and prestress on the stability of such structures.
Recommended citation: Bende, N. P., Yu, T., Corbin, N. A., Dias, M. A., Santangelo, C. D., Hanna, J. A., Hayward, R. C., “Overcurvature induced multistability of linked conical frusta: How a ‘bendy straw’ holds its shape”, Soft Matter, vol. 14, no. 42, pp. 8636–8642, 2018, issn: 1744-683X.