Why (and How) Does Paper Crumple?
BrainStuff
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3.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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It turns out that thin, bendy sheets like paper crumple in predictable ways -- and we can learn a lot from the process. Learn more about the protective physics of crumpling in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/crumple-theory.htm
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| 0:42.8 | what do a sheet of paper being crushed into a ball and tossed into a wastebasket, |
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