Knotting probability of a shaken ball-chain

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Hickford, J ^a   Jones, R ^a   Du Pont, S Courrech ^a,b   Eggers, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BALL CHAIN; CHAIN LENGTH; KNOTTING PROBABILITY;

CHAINS;

EID: 33751197064     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.052101     Document Type: Article

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