TY - JOUR
T1 - Scaling properties of randomly folded plastic sheets
AU - Balankin, Alexander S.
AU - Silva, Iván Campos
AU - Martínez, Omar Antonio
AU - Huerta, Orlando Susarrey
PY - 2007/5/24
Y1 - 2007/5/24
N2 - We study the scaling properties of randomly folded aluminum sheets of different thicknesses h and widths L. We found that the fractal dimension D=2.30±0.01 and the force scaling exponent δ=0.21±0.02 are independent of the sheet thickness and close to those obtained in numerical simulations with a coarse-grained model of triangulated self-avoiding surfaces with bending and stretching rigidity. So our findings suggest that finite bending rigidity and self-avoidance play the predominant roles in the scaling behavior of randomly folded plastic sheets.
AB - We study the scaling properties of randomly folded aluminum sheets of different thicknesses h and widths L. We found that the fractal dimension D=2.30±0.01 and the force scaling exponent δ=0.21±0.02 are independent of the sheet thickness and close to those obtained in numerical simulations with a coarse-grained model of triangulated self-avoiding surfaces with bending and stretching rigidity. So our findings suggest that finite bending rigidity and self-avoidance play the predominant roles in the scaling behavior of randomly folded plastic sheets.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.051117
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.051117
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 17677032
SN - 1539-3755
VL - 75
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
IS - 5
M1 - 051117
ER -