Translation and Interpretation of Michael Sadowsky's Paper 'Theory of Elastically Bendable Inextensible Bands with Applications to the Möbius Band'.

This article is a translation of Michael Sadowsky's original paper 'Theorie der elastisch biegsamen undehnbaren Bänder mit Anwendungen auf das Möbius'sche Band' in 3. internationaler Kongress für technische Mechanik, Stockholm, 1930. The translation is augmented by an Appendix containing an interpretation of the last section of Sadowsky's original paper, including figures generated from recent numerical simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]