Snap fits are versatile mechanical designs in industrial products that enable the repeated
assembling and disassembling of two solid parts. This important property is attributed to a …

We show that ribbed elastic strips under tension present large spontaneous curvature and
may close into tubes. In this single material architectured system, transverse bending results …

Snap fit is a common mechanical mechanism. It uses the physical asymmetry that is easy to
assemble but difficult to disassemble to provide a simple and fast link between objects. The …

We assess the spatial spread of a fold within a narrow elastic strip theoretically and
computationally in the small deflection regime. We consider a hierarchy of folding-response …

A rectangular thin elastic sheet is deformed by forcing a contact between two points at the
middle of its length. A transition to buckling with stress focusing is reported for the sheets …

The snap fit is a common mechanical mechanism. We have studied the spherical snap fit
carefully for its physical asymmetry which is easy to assemble but difficult to disassemble …

抄録 われわれの身のまわりには, 大小さまざまな棒 (rod) や板 (plate) 状のものがあふれている.
これらは薄い構造または細長い構造と総称される. ロープ, 植物のつる, パスタ, 海底ケーブル …