Instability and self-contact phenomena in the writhing of clamped rods

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 161-196

  Van der Heijden, G H M ^a   Neukirch, S ^a   Goss, V G A ^a   Thompson, J M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Out of plane) buckling; Bifurcation; Clamped boundary conditions; Cosserat rod; End rotation; Exper iments; Instability; Looping; Pop out; Self contact; Snap through

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; BUCKLING; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); STIFFNESS;

SELF-CONTACT PHENOMENA;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037269948     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7403(02)00183-2     Document Type: Article

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