Twisted elastic rings and the rediscoveries of Michell's instability
Elastic rings become unstable when sufficiently twisted. This fundamental instability plays an important role in the modeling of DNA mechanics and in cable engineering. In 1962, Zajac computed the value of the critical twist for the instability. This critical value was rediscovered in 1979 by Benham...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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