Asymmetric equilibria of two nested elastic rings
Asymmetric equilibria of two nested elastic rings is a scholarly work, published in 2018 in ''Mechanics Research Communications''. The main subjects of the publication include gecko, yield, Bifurcation, elastic energy, geometry, bending, four-dimensional printing, cell mechanics, Bending stiffness, symmetry breaking, curse of dimensionality, stiffness, symmetry, ring, and mathematics. The authors show that, for μ ≃ 1.9 there is a symmetry-breaking bifurcation and asymmetric equilibria are preferred in order to relax the elastic energy.