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Analysis of cone-like singularities in twisted elastic ribbons

Twisting a thin elastic ribbon is known to produce a localised deformation pattern resembling a cone whose tip is located on the edge of the ribbon. Using the theory of inextensional ribbons, we present a matched asymptotic analysis of these singularities for ribbons whose width-to-length ratio w/ℓ≪...

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Published in:Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids 2023-02, Vol.171, p.105131, Article 105131
Main Authors: Audoly, Basile, van der Heijden, G.H.M.
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Language:English
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Summary:Twisting a thin elastic ribbon is known to produce a localised deformation pattern resembling a cone whose tip is located on the edge of the ribbon. Using the theory of inextensional ribbons, we present a matched asymptotic analysis of these singularities for ribbons whose width-to-length ratio w/ℓ≪1 is small. An inner layer solution is derived from the finite-w Wunderlich model and captures the fast, local variations of the bending and twisting strains in the neighbourhood of the cone-like region; it is universal up to a load intensity factor. The outer solution is given by the zero-w Sadowsky model. Based on this analysis, we propose a new standalone ribbon model that combines the Sadowsky equations with jump conditions providing a coarse-grained description of cone-like singularities, and give a self-contained variational derivation of this model. Applications to the Möbius band and to an end-loaded open ribbon are presented. Overall, the new model delivers highly accurate approximations to the solutions of the Wunderlich model in the limit w≪ℓ while avoiding the numerical difficulties associated with cone-like singularities.
ISSN:0022-5096
DOI:10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105131