The Physics of a Crushing Can: How Buckling Patterns Emerge
When compressed, fluid-filled cylindrical shells—like a soda can—do not crumple randomly. Instead, they develop a series of localized, axisymmetric corrugations that appear one after another, yet ultimately form an evenly spaced pattern across the surface. A new study in Communications Physics investigates the fundamental pattern formation process behind this common buckling phenomenon, revealing that the sequential emergence and final regularity of these corrugations are governed not by simple geometry but by underlying material nonlinearities.
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