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Statistical distributions in the folding of elastic structures

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The behaviour of elastic structures undergoing large deformations is the result of the competition between confining conditions, self-avoidance and elasticity. This combination of multiple phenomena creates a geometrical frustration that leads to complex fold patterns. By studying the case of a rod confined isotropically into a disk, we show that the emergence of the complexity is associated with a well defined underlying statistical measure that determines the energy distribution of sub-elements,``branches'', of the rod. This result suggests that branches act as the ``microscopic'' degrees of freedom laying the foundations for a statistical mechanical theory of this athermal and amorphous system.
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hal-00514557 , version 1 (02-09-2010)

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Mohktar Adda-Bedia, Arezki Boudaoud, Laurent Boué, Stephanie Deboeuf. Statistical distributions in the folding of elastic structures. 2010. ⟨hal-00514557⟩
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