Researchers offer new physics rule to find mechanical strain
Published Date: 1/8/2019
Source: phys.org
Addressing a physics problem that dates back to Galileo, three University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers this week propose a new approach to the theory of how thin sheets can be forced to conform to "geometrically incompatible" shapes—think gift-wrapping a basketball—that relies on weaving together two fundamental ideas of geometry and mechanics that were long thought to be irreconcilable.