Abstract
In this paper we investigate developable cones ( -cones) topology. From profilometer measurements, we found that for a sample of a finite thickness the singularity is never pointlike but has a form of a crescent. Measurements of the sheet local curvature revealed that the -cone tip is rejected by a distance which characterizes the singularity size. High deformations of the -cone lead to a plastic regime equivalent to a decrease in the singularity size characterized from curvature and profile analysis.
- Received 21 August 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.2354
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