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Deformation of an initially straight layer (shown in white) under the action of concentrated forces, superimposed on a detail of the photograph shown in figure 1a. The agreement between the deformed layer and chevron folding shows the possibility of describing this phenomenon through the loss of (E) of a constrained Cosserat material. (Online version in colour.)
