Multi-layered folding with voids

zbMATH Open1250.74007arXiv1105.4707MaRDI QIDQ4648602FDOQ4648602

Authors: G. W. Hunt, T. J. Dodwell, Mark A. Peletier, C. J. Budd 

Publication date: 10 November 2012

Abstract: In the deformation of layered materials such as geological strata, or stacks of paper, mechanical properties compete with the geometry of layering. Smooth, rounded corners lead to voids between the layers, while close packing of the layers results in geometrically-induced curvature singularities. When voids are penalized by external pressure, the system is forced to trade off these competing effects, leading to sometimes striking periodic patterns. In this paper we construct a simple model of geometrically nonlinear multi-layered structures under axial loading and pressure confinement, with non-interpenetration conditions separating the layers. Energy minimizers are characterized as solutions of a set of fourth-order nonlinear differential equations with contact-force Lagrange multipliers, or equivalently of a fourth-order free-boundary problem. We numerically investigate the solutions of this free boundary problem, and compare them with the periodic solutions observed experimentally.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.4707

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zbMATH Keywords

bifurcationlocalizationcontact problemKuhn-Tucker theoryvoid formationsaddle-reef

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structured surfaces and interfaces, coexistent phases (74A50) Contact in solid mechanics (74M15) Bifurcation and buckling (74G60) Soil and rock mechanics (74L10)

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