Browsing by Subject "adhesion"

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    • Adhesion With Slender Structures: Tape Loops, Crumples, and Origami 

      Elder, Theresa Marie (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      The desire for improved adhesive systems led us to examine three geometries: tape loops, crumples, and origami shapes. The tape loop is mechanically interesting because it is stable in more than one configuration. For ...

    • Fundamental Studies of Interfacial Forces Acting on Thin Films 

      Twohig, Timothy John (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      A thin film is a material that is many orders of magnitude thinner than it is long or wide. They are commonly found in many forms and have been adapted to a wide variety of uses. The art of origami uses thin films(sheets ...