Writhing and coiling of closed filaments

DOI10.1098/rspa.2006.1719zbMath1149.74353OpenAlexW2144299164MaRDI QIDQ3502083

Francesca Maggioni, Renzo L. Ricca

Publication date: 22 May 2008

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2006.1719

zbMATH Keywords

twistcoilingdeformation energykinematics of curveswrithinginflexional geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10)

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