An Elastically Stabilized Spherical Invagination

Journal of Elasticity - Tập 153 - Trang 723-733 - 2022
Xiaoyu Zheng1, Tianyi Guo2, Peter Palffy-Muhoray1,2
1Department of Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, USA
2Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, USA

Tóm tắt

Invaginations are partial enclosures formed by surfaces. Typically formed by biological membranes; they abound in nature. In this paper, we consider fundamentally different structures: elastically stabilized invaginations. Focusing on spherical invaginations formed by elastic membranes, we carried out experiments and mathematical modeling to understand the stress and strain fields underlying stable structures. Friction plays a key role in stabilization, and consequently the required force balance is an inequality. Using a novel scheme, we were able to find stable solutions of the balance equations for different models of elasticity, with reasonable agreement with experiments.

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