Shape programming for narrow ribbons of nematic elastomers

DOI10.1007/S10659-016-9594-1zbMATH Open1362.74007arXiv1603.02088OpenAlexW2962858614MaRDI QIDQ526396FDOQ526396

Konstantinos Koumatos, Antonio DeSimone, Virginia Agostiniani

Publication date: 12 May 2017

Published in: Journal of Elasticity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using the theory of $Gamma$-convergence, we derive from three-dimensional elasticity new one-dimensional models for non-Euclidean elastic ribbons, i.e. ribbons exhibiting spontaneous curvature and twist. We apply the models to shape-selection problems for thin films of nematic elastomers with twist and splay-bend texture of the nematic director. For the former, we discuss the possibility of helicoid-like shapes as an alternative to spiral ribbons.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.02088

zbMATH Keywords

dimension reductionnematic elastomersrod theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15) Nonlinear elasticity (74B20) Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Plates (74K20)

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