5 papers
Fluctuating Filaments Under Tension - From Flexible Chains to Rigid Rods
David A. Kessler, Yitzhak Rabin
We develop a novel biased Monte-Carlo simulation technique to measure the force-extension curves and the distribution function of the extension of fluctuating filaments stretched b…
On the deformation of spontaneously twisted fluctuating ribbons
S. Panyukov, Y. Rabin
A theoretical analysis of the effect of force and torque on spontaneously twisted, fluctuating elastic ribbons is presented. We find that when a filament with a straight center lin…
Thermal Fluctuations of Elastic Ring
Y. Rabin, S. Panyukov
We study the effects of thermal fluctuations on a small elastic ring. We derive analytical expressions for the correlation functions of the Euler angles, for the real space two--po…
Buckling of rods with spontaneous twist and curvature
Aleksey D. Drozdov, Yitzhak Rabin
We analyze stability of a thin inextensible elastic rod which has non-vanishing spontaneous generalized torsions in its stress-free state. Two classical problems are studied, both…
Elasticity of thin rods with spontaneous curvature and torsion - beyond geometrical lines
Aleksey D. Drozdov, Yitzhak Rabin
We study three-dimensional deformations of thin inextensible elastic rods with non-vanishing spontaneous curvature and torsion. In addition to the usual description in terms of cur…