Taking a Moment to Characterize the Bending Response of Thin Sheet Materials

Pengbin Xie, Juan Montes Maestre, Stelian Coros, Bernhard Thomaszewski
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing, SGP 2026)
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This work characterizes the bending behavior of structured sheets using uniaxial bending simulations. Macroscopic bending moments reveal curvature coupling, allowing a homogenized model to reproduce double-curvature deformation in rod networks, multi-material shells, and laminates.

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@article{Xie2026ShellHomogenization,
  title = {{Taking a Moment to Characterize the Bending Response of Thin Sheet Materials}},
  author = {Xie, Pengbin and Montes Maestre, Juan and Coros, Stelian and Thomaszewski, Bernhard},
  journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
  year = {2026}
}