How paper folds: bending with local constraints

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/5/055203MaRDI QIDQ5443444zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Martin Müller, Jemal Guven

Publication date 21 February 2008

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0978

zbMATH Keywords

generalized conelocal Lagrange multiplierssurface metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Thin bodies, structures (74K99)

Abstract: A variational framework is introduced to describe how a surface bends when it is subject to local constraints on its geometry. This framework is applied to describe the patterns of a folded sheet of paper. The unstretchability of paper implies a constraint on the surface metric; bending is penalized by an energy quadratic in mean curvature. The local Lagrange multipliers enforcing the constraint are identified with a conserved tangential stress that couples to the extrinsic curvature of the sheet. The framework is illustrated by examining the deformation of a flat sheet into a generalized cone.

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