A perturbation force based approach to creasing instability in soft materials under general loading conditions

• Main Authors: Yang, Pengfei, Fang, Yaopeng, Yuan, Yanan, Meng, Shun, Nan, Zihao, Xu, Hui, Imtiaz, Haroon, Liu, Bin, Gao, Huajian
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Solid Instability; Creasing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159564
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The formation and control of surface creases in soft materials under compression have intrigued the mechanics community for decades and recently found many applications in tissue biomechanics, soft robotics and tunable devices. In spite of a rapidly growing literature in this field, existing methods...