2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Intrinsic Curvature Controls Spontaneous Entanglement of Elastic Rods
Fani Derveni, Javier Sabater, Pedro M. Reis
We report results from an experimental investigation on the role of intrinsic curvature in the spontaneous entanglement of elastic rods subjected to controlled tumbling. We examine…
cond-mat.soft2025
Self-locking and Stability of the Bowline Knot
Bastien F. G. Aymon, Fani Derveni, Michael Gomez +2
We investigate the self-locking of the bowline knot through numerical simulations, experiments, and theoretical analysis. Specifically, we perform two complementary types of simula…