Indentation metrology of clamped, ultra-thin elastic sheets

We study the indentation of ultrathin elastic sheets clamped to the edge of a circular hole. This classical setup has received considerable attention lately, being used by various experimental groups as a probe to measure the surface properties and stretching modulus of thin solid films. Despite the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vella, D, Davidovitch, B
Format: Journal article
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2017