On the static equilibria of branched elastic rods

International Journal of Engineering Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-227

  O'Reilly, O M ^a   Tresierras, T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching; Configuration forces; Material momentum; Rods; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

ADHESION PROBLEM; BALANCE LAW; BRANCHED STRUCTURES; BRANCHING; BRANCHING POINTS; CLASSICAL PROBLEMS; CONFIGURATION FORCES; DNA STRANDS; ELASTIC ROD; ELASTICA; ESHELBY; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; NON-LINEAR STABILITIES; PLANT KINGDOM; ROD THEORY; RODS; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; TREE-LIKE STRUCTURES; VARIATIONAL METHODS; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

STABILITY CRITERIA;

EID: 78651228781     PISSN: 00207225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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