Bifurcations of buckled, clamped anisotropic rods and thin bands under lateral end translations

• Published in: Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids Vol. 122; pp. 657 - 685
• Main Authors: Yu, T., Hanna, J.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Anisotropy; Bend strength; Bifurcations; Boundary conditions; Clamping; Crystallography; Deformation; Lateral stability; Materials elasticity; Mathematical models; Rods; Translations; Twisting
• ISSN: 0022-5096; 1873-4782
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2018.01.015

Motivated by observations of snap-through phenomena in buckled elastic strips subject to clamping and lateral end translations, we experimentally explore the multi-stability and bifurcations of thin bands of various widths and compare these results with numerical continuation of a perfectly anisotro...