Symmetric equilibria of a thin elastic rod with self-contacts

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1820, 2004, Pages 1317-1334

  Starostin, E L ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Equilibrium; Knot; Self contact; Thin elastic rod

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042674825     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1388     Document Type: Article

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