A Variational Perspective on Wrinkling Patterns in Thin Elastic Sheets
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Robert V. Kohn (New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
Math Department Gergen Lectures Seminar
Sponsor(s): Mathematics
The wrinkling of thin elastic sheets is very familiar: our skin wrinkles, drapes have coarsening folds, and a sheet stretched over a round surface must wrinkle or fold.
What kind of mathematics is relevant? Read the complete abstract: https://math.duke.edu/events/82666-variational-perspective-wrinkling-patterns-thin-elastic-sheets
Reception to follow lecture
Contact: Kristen Gerondelis
