Fluid-supported elastic sheet under compression: Multifold solutions

Leonardo Gordillo1, Edgar Knobloch2

  • 1Departamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Av. Ecuador 3493, Estación Central, Santiago, Chile.

Physical Review. E
|May 22, 2019
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