Compressions increase in a sheet of polycarbonate as two cylindrical plates to which it is clamped are moved closer to each other.

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Stress Defocusing in Anisotropic Compaction of Thin Sheets
B. Roman and A. Pocheau
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 074301 (2012)

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