Figure 11
Variation of the dimensionless function f = E tot /L 2 as a function of the aspect ratio H/L in a triangular spring network of size L × H loaded by imposing a constant strain at the bottom edge. Here, E tot refers to the total elastic energy stored in all connected springs. Open circles are the results of the simulation. The red plain curve corresponds to f(u) = u c (1 − exp(−u/u c )), where the fitted parameter is found to be u c = 0.166 ± 0.005 within a 99% confident level.
