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Using Growth and Folding to Shape Elastic Sheets

dc.contributor.author Santangelo, Chris en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename University of Massachusetts at Amherst en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Physics en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2013-02-15T21:22:25Z
dc.date.available 2013-02-15T21:22:25Z
dc.date.issued 2013-01-14
dc.description Presented on January 14, 2013 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in Marcus Nanotechnology Conference room 1116. en_US
dc.description Runtime: 53:54 minutes. en_US
dc.description.abstract Despite their everyday familiarity, thin sheets (paper, plastic, fabric, etc.) display remarkable and complex behaviors that still challenge theoretical description. The intricate coupling between the geometry of surfaces and the elasticity of a thin sheet necessarily leads to the formation of singularities, nonlinear elasticity, and geometric frustration. Nevertheless, multicellular organisms - like you - develop their three dimensional structures in part by exploiting these elastic phenomena. These considerations have led to new theoretical and experimental tools to shape elastic sheets into prescribed 3D shapes using the principles of non-Euclidean geometry. I will describe our attempts to design sheets that fold controllably into 3D structures and some related problems in the mechanics of origami, where 3D structure is developed by folding a piece of paper. These techniques open up new avenues in "experimental mathematics", allowing us to explore geometry experimentally. en_US
dc.format.extent 53:54 minutes
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/46216
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
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dc.subject Elastic sheets en_US
dc.subject Geometry of surfaces en_US
dc.subject Non-Euclidean geometry en_US
dc.title Using Growth and Folding to Shape Elastic Sheets en_US
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