A well-posed finite-strain model for thin elastic sheets with bending stiffness

David Steigmann (1)

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering [Berkeley]

An accurate, well-posed two-dimensional model incorporating stretching and bending effects, suitable for analyzing the wrinkling pattern in stretched sheets, is derived from three-dimensional nonlinear elasticity theory.

Domaines: Mécanique [physics.med-ph]

David Steigmann. A well-posed finite-strain model for thin elastic sheets with bending stiffness. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 2013, 18 (1), pp.103-112. ⟨hal-00782146⟩