Singularities in thin sheets I
T. Witten, University of Chicago
with Hao Li, Alex Lobkovsky, Eric Kramer, Shankar Venkataramani, Brian DiDonna, Tao Liang, Sid Nagel, Kitiwit Matan ...
ÒStress Focusing in Elastic SheetsÓ, T. A. Witten.
Elasticity of a thin sheet: thin Þ unstretchable
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Singularities of unstretchable
(isometric) sheets in d dimensions
vertex and ridge singularities:
how stretching alters the focusing of stress
Induced singularities
interaction of singularities