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Main Authors: Borković, Aleksandar, Gfrerer, Michael H., Sauer, Roger A., Marussig, Benjamin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23620
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  • We consider van der Waals interactions between in-plane fibers, where the computational model employs the Lennard-Jones potential and the coarse-grained approach. The involved 6D integral over two interacting fibers is split into a 4D analytical pre-integration over cross sections and the remaining 2D numerical integration along the fibers' axes. Two section-section interaction laws are implemented, refined, and compared. Fibers are modeled using the Bernoulli-Euler beam theory and spatially discretized with isogeometric finite elements. We derive and solve the weak form of both quasi-static and dynamic boundary value problems. Four numerical examples involving highly nonlinear and dynamic snap-to-contact phenomena are scrutinized. We observe that the coarse-graining and pre-integration of interaction potentials enable the efficient modeling of complex phenomena at small length scales.