Creasing instability of elastomer films
Abstract
The creasing instability of elastomer films under compression is studied by a combination of experiment and numerical simulation. Experimentally, we attach a stress-free film on a much thicker and stiffer pre-stretched substrate. When the substrate is partially released, the film is uniaxially compressed, leading to formation of an array of creases beyond a critical strain. The profile of the folded surface is extracted using