A ruled narrow elastic strip model with corrected energy

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Main Authors: Vitral, E., Hanna, J. A., Koens, L.
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author Vitral, E.
Hanna, J. A.
Koens, L.
author_facet Vitral, E.
Hanna, J. A.
Koens, L.
contents We present a new one-dimensional model for elastic strips based on a nondevelopable ruled surface. An auxiliary field regularizes the Sadowsky narrow-strip model to allow nonzero twist with vanishing curvature. The energy exhibits the scalings derived by Freddi and co-workers, and for a certain choice of parameter, convexifies the Sadowsky energy without patching. We present the kinematics and energetics of the model, and employ a variational approach featuring a rotation tensor to derive equilibrium equations. We perform a regular perturbation expansion to study the model behavior close to inflection points. When the energy is convex, curvature and moment are continuous at inflection points, while the auxiliary function suffers a jump, leading to a discontinuity in the ruled embedding for any finite width.
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spellingShingle A ruled narrow elastic strip model with corrected energy
Vitral, E.
Hanna, J. A.
Koens, L.
Soft Condensed Matter
74K99
We present a new one-dimensional model for elastic strips based on a nondevelopable ruled surface. An auxiliary field regularizes the Sadowsky narrow-strip model to allow nonzero twist with vanishing curvature. The energy exhibits the scalings derived by Freddi and co-workers, and for a certain choice of parameter, convexifies the Sadowsky energy without patching. We present the kinematics and energetics of the model, and employ a variational approach featuring a rotation tensor to derive equilibrium equations. We perform a regular perturbation expansion to study the model behavior close to inflection points. When the energy is convex, curvature and moment are continuous at inflection points, while the auxiliary function suffers a jump, leading to a discontinuity in the ruled embedding for any finite width.
title A ruled narrow elastic strip model with corrected energy
topic Soft Condensed Matter
74K99
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19895