The writhing of circular cross–section rods: undersea cables to DNA supercoils

DOI10.1098/RSPA.1998.0252zbMath0921.73197OpenAlexW2066974810MaRDI QIDQ4224057

Kevin E. Gates, D. M. Stump, W. Barrie Fraser

Publication date: 16 September 1999

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1998.0252

zbMATH Keywords

tensionlarge deflection theorylinear elastic rodstorqueinterwound supercoilsbalanced-ply regionclosed loops with inserted twistfree end looptail regions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Nonlinear elasticity (74B20)

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