Lineup of a chicken's egg (left) and 500 μm thick elastomeric shell samples with differing ellipsoidal shapes (right) used for studying geometry-induced rigidity. Selected for an Editors' Suggestion and a Focus story in Physics.
From the article:
Geometry-Induced Rigidity in Nonspherical Pressurized Elastic ShellsA. Lazarus, H. C. B. Florijn, and P. M. Reis
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 144301 (2012)
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