Extreme contractility and torsional compliance of soft ribbons under high twist.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.99.043002
Abstract: We investigate experimentally and model the mechanical response of a soft Hookean ribbon submitted to large twist η and longitudinal tension T, under clamped boundary conditions. We derive a formula for the torque M using… read more here.
Keywords: contractility torsional; extreme contractility; twist; regime ... See more keywords