We provide a quantitative description of the helicoid-to-spiral transition in thin ribbons of nematic elastomers using an elementary calculation based on a Koiter-type plate with incompatible reference configuration. Our calculation confirms that such transition is ruled by the competition between stretching energy and bending energy.
Tomassetti, G., Varano, V. (2017). Capturing the helical to spiral transitions in thin ribbons of nematic elastomers. MECCANICA, 52(14), 3431-3441 [10.1007/s11012-017-0631-3].
Capturing the helical to spiral transitions in thin ribbons of nematic elastomers
Tomassetti, Giuseppe
;Varano, Valerio
2017-01-01
Abstract
We provide a quantitative description of the helicoid-to-spiral transition in thin ribbons of nematic elastomers using an elementary calculation based on a Koiter-type plate with incompatible reference configuration. Our calculation confirms that such transition is ruled by the competition between stretching energy and bending energy.File in questo prodotto:
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