Ghosts and bottlenecks in elastic snap-through

<p>Snap-through is a striking instability in which an elastic object rapidly jumps from one state to another. It is seen in the leaves of the Venus flytrap plant and umbrellas flipping on a windy day among many other examples. Similar structures that snap-through are used to generate fast moti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gomez, M
Other Authors: Moulton, D
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2018
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