Inspired by the cells in leaves that control leaf curvature to regulate water loss, researchers present flat panels that can morph into a stiff, complex 3D structure with a different Gaussian ...
Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 169, No. 2 (Mar., 2009), pp. 491-529 (39 pages) We shall introduce the singular curvature function on cuspidal edges of surfaces, which is related to the ...
This study is concerned with the equilibrium shapes of orthotropic, elliptical plates and shells deforming elastically without initial stresses. The aim is to explore potential bistable configurations ...
Description: Smooth manifolds; tangent vectors; inverse and implicit function theorems; submanifolds; vector fields; integral curves; differential forms; the exterior ...