From pine cones to minimal surfaces: the geometry and mechanics of morphing bilayers

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My research is currently focusing on continuing my MRes dissertation and exploring the role of twist in the solutions of morphing multistable shell structures. The work produced during my dissertation suggests the theory and literature, in particular Mansfield's solutions of twist, might suggest slightly different behaviour to what is actually observed. The aims and objectives are thus to review these solutions and explore the physical significance of the findings by creating physical models which embody the novel behaviour these solutions reveal.