
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Structural behaviour of flexible straws
B. Zhang & Z. You
Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
ABSTRACT: The mechanism of flexible straws is investigated. Finite element models of conical frustum shells
with reference to a real flexible straw are built and analysed. Moreover a parametric study is carried out. The
results show that the collapse mechanism can vary due to different geometric configurations. The critical load
which causes the snap-through is dependent ...