Capillary origami in nature

Sunghwan Jung (1) , Pedro M. Reis (1) , Jillian James (1) , Christophe Clanet (2) , John W.M. Bush (1)

1 Department of mathematics
2 LadHyX - Laboratoire d'hydrodynamique

Capillary forces dominate gravity on a small scale and may deform flexible bodies in both natural and laboratory settings. Two examples are considered here: floating flowers and spider webs.

Domains: Fluid mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Fluids mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Reactive fluid environment

Sunghwan Jung, Pedro M. Reis, Jillian James, Christophe Clanet, John W.M. Bush. Capillary origami in nature. Physics of Fluids, 2009, 21 (9), pp.091110. ⟨10.1063/1.3205918⟩. ⟨hal-01025627⟩