The role of extensibility in the birth of a ruck in a rug

Everyday experience suggests that a ‘ruck’ forms when the two ends of a heavy carpet or rug are brought closer together. Classical analysis, however, shows that the horizontal compressive force needed to create such a ruck should be infinite. We show that this apparent paradox is due to the assumpti...

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Hauptverfasser: Lee, AA, Le Gouellec, C, Vella, D
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier 2015