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Forceless Sadowsky strips are spherical
E. L. Starostin, G. H. M. van der Heijden
We show that thin rectangular ribbons, defined as energy-minimising configurations of the Sadowsky functional for narrow developable elastic strips, have a propensity to form spher…
Condensation of circular DNA
E. L. Starostin
A simple model of a circularly closed dsDNA in a poor solvent is considered as an example of a semi-flexible polymer with self-attraction. To find the ground states, the conformati…
Comment on 'Statistical mechanics of developable ribbons' by L. Giomi and L. Mahadevan
E. L. Starostin, G. H. M. van der Heijden
Giomi and Mahadevan [Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 238104 (2010)] study the statistical mechanics of elastic ribbons and claim to provide evidence for "an underlying helical structure" of…
Triangular buckling patterns of twisted inextensible strips
A. P. Korte, E. L. Starostin, G. H. M. van der Heijden
When twisting a strip of paper or acetate under high longitudinal tension, one observes, at some critical load, a buckling of the strip into a regular triangular pattern. Very simi…
Force and moment balance equations for geometric variational problems on curves
E. L. Starostin, G. H. M. van der Heijden
We consider geometric variational problems for a functional defined on a curve in three-dimensional space. The functional is assumed to be written in a form invariant under the gro…
Cascade unlooping of a low-pitch helical spring under tension
E. L. Starostin, G. H. M. van der Heijden
We study the force vs extension behaviour of a helical spring made of a thin torsionally-stiff anisotropic elastic rod. Our focus is on springs of very low helical pitch. For certa…