Toroidal supercoiling of writhed rods

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2000.0598MaRDI QIDQ2713401zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. M. Stump

Publication date 26 September 2001

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2000.0598

zbMATH Keywords

contact problemDNA supercoilelastic energyinterwound supercoilslarge-deflection theorylinear elastic rodsself-contacting loop segmentsstable solutionstoroidal supercoilwrithed rod

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bifurcation and buckling (74G60) Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10)

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