Suppression of curvature in nematic elastica

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2010.0139MaRDI QIDQ2997307zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Mark Warner, C. D. Modes, Dan R. Corbett

Publication date 6 May 2011

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/vol466/issue2124/

zbMATH Keywords

glassescurvaturenematicdistortionssuppressionspontaneous

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Random materials and composite materials (74A40) Stress (74A10)

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• BENDING OF A BEAM OR WIDE STRIP

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