Nonlinear dynamics of filaments. IV Spontaneous looping of twisted elastic rods

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

Volumn 454, Issue 1980, 1998, Pages 3183-3202

  Goriely, Alain ^a   Tabor, Michael ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Filament dynamics; Kirchhoff equations; Spontaneous looping; Writhing instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746386391     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1998.0297     Document Type: Article

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