no code implementations • 3 Dec 2020 • Basile Audoly, Claire Lestringant
A relaxation method is applied that holds the framed center-line fixed while relaxing the local degrees of freedom; it is asymptotically valid when the macroscopic strain and the properties of the rod vary slowly in the longitudinal direction.
Soft Condensed Matter
no code implementations • 2 Dec 2020 • Samuel Poincloux, Tian Chen, Basile Audoly, Pedro Reis
We study the bending of a book-like system, comprising a stack of elastic plates coupled through friction.
Dimensionality Reduction Soft Condensed Matter