Abstract
We investigate the morphology of thin discs and rings growing in the
circumferential direction. Recent analytical results suggest that this
growth produces symmetric excess cones ( e cones). We study the
stability of such solutions considering self-contact and bending stress.
We show that, contrary to what was assumed in previous analytical
solutions, beyond a critical growth factor, no symmetric e cone solution
is energetically minimal any more. Instead, we obtain skewed e cone
solutions having lower energy, characterized by a skewness angle and
repetitive spiral winding with increasing growth. These results are
generalized to discs with varying thickness and rings with holes of
different radii.
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