Elastic rods in life- and material-sciences: a general integrable model

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2009.02.006MaRDI QIDQ2389352zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors G. Lupo, Mario Argeri, Vincenzo Barone, S. De Lillo, M. Sommacal

Publication date 15 July 2009

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2009.02.006

zbMATH Keywords

helixinverse problemsKirchhoff equationsthin elastic rods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Dynamical systems in solid mechanics (37N15) Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10)

Review text

Mathematically, a thin elastic rod is curve in the space with extra information about how the cross section rotates around it. Most older models refer to long, thin and zero curvature elastic isotropic rods with circular cross section. The authors focus on rods with non-circular cross section and arc-length dependent elasticity. After introducing the Kirchhoff equations for such an elastic rod, the authors consider an inverse problem approach for solving them. As part of the solution the unknown bending and torsional stiffness are obtained. It is interesting to note that the solutions obtained in this paper exhaust the class of solutions corresponding to elastic rods with constant curvature and torsion. The viability of the physical model is investigated.

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