Localization through Surface Folding in Solid Foams under Compression

We report a combined experimental and theoretical study of the compression of a solid foam coated with a thin elastic film. Past a critical compression threshold, a pattern of localized folds emerges with a characteristic size that is imposed by an instability of the thin surface film. We perform op...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Boudaoud, Arezki, Corson, F., Roman, B., Reis, Pedro Miguel
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51326
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3984-828X