On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Leong Cheng Chit <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here is my attempt at a definition: > > When you bend a sheet of paper, the fibres on the mountain side are > stretched and the fibres on the valley side are compressed. This causes > tension in the paper which tends to revert itself back to its original flat > form. Wetting the paper reduces the tension and the paper when dried will > keep to its bended form. > > > Cheng Chit > > > Thank Cheng Chit for his explanation and beautiful artworks. However, bending the paper creates both "tension" and "compression" on the paper. In my opinions, "dry tension" is misleading. But I don't have any good name suggestion or alternative. Sy
