All in here (if using Euler Bernoulli beam theory) http://sci-toys.com/bent_paper_problem.pdf <hr /> (*Added by Joseph O'Rourke*). Here is Fig.1 from the paper by Antoni Colom, "Analysis of the shape of a sheet of paper when two opposite edges are joined," PDF link above. <br /> ![Tear Drop][1] [1]: http://cs.smith.edu/~orourke/MathOverflow/TearDrop.jpg