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Crushing soda cans and the mathematics of corrugation formation

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Many people have likely found themselves watching oddly satisfying videos of random objects being squashed by a powerful hydraulic press, but rarely do people consider why things squash the way they do. One object that caught the eye of researchers at The University of Manchester was a simple drink can. When crushed while filled with liquid, it behaves completely differently from an empty one. Instead of collapsing suddenly, it produces an order…

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Many people have probably found themselves watching strangely satisfying videos of random objects crushed by a powerful hydraulic press, but people rarely wonder why things crash as they do. An object that attracted the attention of researchers at the University of Manchester was a simple can of drink. When it is [...]

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manchester.ac.uk broke the news in on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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