Physics – Classical Physics
Scientific paper
2010-08-27
Am. J. Phys. 79, 657 (2011)
Physics
Classical Physics
5 pages, extra figures and stability proof, accepted by American Journal of Physics
Scientific paper
10.1119/1.3553232
A sheet of elastic foil rolled into a cylinder and deformed between two parallel plates acts as a non-Hookean spring if deformed normally to the axis. For large deformations the elastic force shows an interesting inverse squares dependence on the interplate distance [Siber and Buljan, arXiv:1007.4699 (2010)]. The phenomenon has been used as a basis for an experimental problem at the 41st International Physics Olympiad. We show that the corresponding variational problem for the equilibrium energy of the deformed cylinder is equivalent to a minimum action description of a simple gravitational pendulum with an amplitude of 90 degrees. We use this analogy to show that the power-law of the force is exact for distances less than a critical value. An analytical solution for the elastic force is found and confirmed by measurements over a range of deformations covering both linear and non-Hookean behavior.
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