A Bendable Tube (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

A Bendable Tube

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UMass Amherst materials scientists, with colleagues at Virginia Tech, believe theirs is the first study to look into how and why structures such as bendable straws and collapsible dog bowls have stability in the bent state.

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UMass Amherst

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