Kavli Affiliate: Ariel Amir | First 5 Authors: Luyi Qiu, John W. Hutchinson, Ariel Amir, , | Summary: A thin-walled tube, e.g., a drinking straw, manifests an instability when bent by localizing the curvature change in a small region. This instability has been extensively studied since the seminal work of Brazier nearly a century ago. […]
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