Research puts new wrinkle in study of materials folding under pressure

Scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Santiago in Chile have explained, for the first time, the physics that governs how thin materials at scales millions of times different in thickness make the transition from wrinkles into folds under compression.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news130079750.html">Research puts new wrinkle in study of materials folding under pressure</a></p> <p>Scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Santiago in Chile have explained, for the first time, the physics that governs how thin materials at scales millions of times different in thickness make the transition from wrinkles into folds under compression.</p>