3 papers
cs.CE2026
Elastica++: A high-performance, multiphysics framework for large interacting assemblies of Cosserat rods
Tejaswin Parthasarathy, Seung Hyun Kim, Songyuan Cui +1
Soft, slender structures are ubiquitous in natural and engineered systems, with broad application potential from biomimetic materials to soft robotics. However, there is a notable…
cs.RO2026
Learning, locomotion, and navigation of soft synthetic snakes in three-dimensional, heterogeneous environments
Xiaotian Zhang, Ali Albazroun, Tixian Wang +3
Limbless terrestrial animals exhibit exceptional locomotor versatility and control, currently unmatched by engineered counterparts. Here, we introduce a computational framework tha…
physics.comp-ph2024
Soft, slender and active structures in fluids: embedding Cosserat rods in vortex methods
Arman Tekinalp, Yashraj Bhosale, Songyuan Cui +2
We present a hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian method for the direct simulation of three-dimensional, heterogeneous structures made of soft fibers and immersed in incompressible viscous f…