Nonlinear dynamics of filaments. III Instabilities of helical rods

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

Volumn 453, Issue 1967, 1997, Pages 2583-2601

  Goriely, A ^a,b   Tabor, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 33746795125     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1997.0138     Document Type: Article

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