Elastic Instability in Soft Systems I

Presentations

• Using elastic instabilities to overcoming nature's actuation limitations: dynamics of ultrafast motion in biological and bio-inspired systems

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 11:30 AM – March 17, 2025, 12:06 PM

  Publication: O. Bolmin, J.J. Socha, M. Alleyne, A.C. Dunn, K. Fezzaa, A.A. Wissa, Nonlinear elasticity and damping govern ultrafast dynamics in click beetles, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 118 (5) e2014569118, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014569118 (2021)
  Bolmin, O., M. Alleyne, A.A. Wissa, "Power flow in fast-moving organisms: the case study of click beetles", in prep.

  Presenters

  • Ophelia Bolmin

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  Authors

  • Aimy Wissa

    • Princeton University

  • Ophelia Bolmin

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Marianne Alleyne

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Teagan Mathur

    • Princeton University

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• Reversible kink instability drives ultrafast directional jumping in nematodes and soft robots.

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 12:18 PM

  Publication: S. Kumar et al. Reversible kink instability drives ultrafast jumping in nematodes and soft robots.
  In revision Science Robotics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.07.598012v1,
  2024.

  Presenters

  • Sunny Kumar

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Sunny Kumar

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Ishant Tiwari

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Victor M Ortega-Jimenez

    • UC berkeley

  • Adler R Dillman

    • Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside,

  • Saad Bhamla

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Dual Latches Mediated Snapping and Launching of Magneto-elastic Gels

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:18 PM – March 17, 2025, 12:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Melody Xu

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Melody Xu

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Alfred J Crosby

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts

  • James J Watkins

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Thermalized buckling of extensible, semiflexible polymers

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 12:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Richard Huang

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Richard Huang

    • Harvard University

  • David R Nelson

    • Harvard
    • Harvard University

  • Suraj Shankar

    • University of Michigan

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• Buckling in compressed elastic strips: an analogue to parametric instabilities

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:42 PM – March 17, 2025, 12:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Helen E Read

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Helen E Read

    • Harvard University

  • Giada Risso

    • Harvard University

  • Adel AT Djellouli

    • Harvard University

  • Katia Bertoldi

    • Harvard University

  • Arnaud Lazarus

    • Sorbonne University

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• Space-time parametric instability in a soft string

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 12:54 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Eléonore Duval

    • LAUM, Le Mans Université - LPENS, ENS Paris

  Authors

  • Eléonore Duval

    • LAUM, Le Mans Université - LPENS, ENS Paris

  • Vincent Tournat

    • CNRS

  • François Pétrélis

    • LPENS, ENS Paris

  • Maxime Lanoy

    • LAUM, Le Mans Université

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• The pre-strained elastica

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Ludwig Alexander Hoffmann

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Ludwig Alexander Hoffmann

    • Harvard University

  • Paul R Kaneelil

    • Harvard University

  • L Mahadevan

    • Harvard University

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• Drifting via bending: Sensing extrinsic curvature for propulsion

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:18 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Samay Hulikal

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Samay Hulikal

    • Syracuse University

  • Nidhi Pashine

    • Syracuse University

  • Christian Santangelo

    • Syracuse University

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• Soda forming: sequential ring buckling of uniaxially compressed beverage cans

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Shresht Jain

    • University of Manchester

  Authors

  • Shresht Jain

    • University of Manchester

  • Draga Pihler-Puzovic

    • University of Manchester

  • Finn Box

    • University of Manchester

  • Chris G Johnson

    • University of Manchester

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• Shape Morphing and Instabilities in Twisted Nematic Elastomer Shells

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:42 PM – March 17, 2025, 1:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexia Chatzitheodorou

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Alexia Chatzitheodorou

    • Syracuse University

  • Christian Santangelo

    • Syracuse University

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• Bundle architecture of twisted elastic filaments with migration

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 1:54 PM – March 17, 2025, 2:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Amit Dawadi

    • Clark University

  Authors

  • Amit Dawadi

    • Clark University

  • Julien Chopin

    • Physics Institute, Federal University of Bahia

  • Arshad A Kudrolli

    • Clark University

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• Twist Deformation in Trefoil Knot

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 2:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 2:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Taiki Goto

    • Keio Univ

  Authors

  • Taiki Goto

    • Keio Univ

  • Shunsuke Nomura

    • Keio Univ

  • Tomohiko G Sano

    • Keio Univ

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• Impact of Crystallographic Defect-Inspired Cut Patterns on Kirigami Mechanics

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 2:18 PM – March 17, 2025, 2:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Byungho Lee

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  Authors

  • Byungho Lee

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Anna Lee

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Lihua Jin

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Shivam Agarwal

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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