Abstract:Fine sinusoidal wrinkling on the surfaces of mechanically compressed objects has been observed in many contexts over many years. In this paper we investigate such wrinkling through the application of a boundary layer analysis to an elastostatic problem in nonlinear elasticity. We determine the onset of buckling using a linear-stability analysis, and the leading-order postbuckling behaviour through consideration of higher-order terms of the energy. The object is assumed to (initially) 'preserve' its shape, so t… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.