Mechanics of moving defects in growing sheets: 3-d, small deformation theory
Mechanics of moving defects in growing sheets: 3-d, small deformation theory
Abstract Growth and other dynamical processes in soft materials can create novel types of mesoscopic defects including discontinuities for the second and higher derivatives of the deformation, and terminating defects for these discontinuities. These higher-order defects move “easily", and can thus confer a great degree of flexibility to the material. …