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Force distributions and force chains in random stiff fiber networks
Claus Heussinger, Erwin Frey
We study the elasticity of random stiff fiber networks. The elastic response of the fibers is characterized by a central force stretching stiffness as well as a bending stiffness t…
Nonaffine rubber elasticity for stiff polymer networks
C. Heussinger, B. Schaefer, E. Frey
We present a theory for the elasticity of cross-linked stiff polymer networks. Stiff polymers, unlike their flexible counterparts, are highly anisotropic elastic objects. Similar t…
Statistical Mechanics of Semiflexible Bundles of Wormlike Polymer Chains
Claus Heussinger, Mark Bathe, Erwin Frey
We demonstrate that a semiflexible bundle of wormlike chains exhibits a state-dependent bending stiffness that alters fundamentally its scaling behavior with respect to the standar…
Stiff Polymers, Foams and Fiber Networks
Claus Heussinger, Erwin Frey
We study the elasticity of fibrous materials composed of generalized stiff polymers. It is shown that in contrast to cellular foam-like structures affine strain fields are generica…