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Leaky Cell Model of Hard Spheres
Thomas G. Fai, Jamie M. Taylor, Epifanio G. Virga +2
We study packings of hard spheres on lattices. The partition function, and therefore the pressure, may be written solely in terms of the accessible free volume, i.e. the volume of…
Nematic Tactoid Population
Silvia Paparini, Epifanio G. Virga
Tactoids are pointed, spindle-like droplets of nematic liquid crystal in an isotropic fluid. They have long been observed in inorganic and organic nematics, in thermotropic phases…
Ridge energy for thin nematic polymer networks
Andrea Pedrini, Epifanio G. Virga
Minimizing the elastic free energy of a thin sheet of nematic polymer network among smooth isometric immersions is the strategy purported by the mainstream theory. In this paper, w…
On the Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis (revised and vindicated)
Olivier Ozenda, Epifanio G. Virga
The Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis expresses a kinematic constraint that is assumed to be valid for the deformations of a three-dimensional body when one of its dimensions is much small…
A blend of stretching and bending in nematic polymer networks
O. Ozenda, A. M. Sonnet, E. G. Virga
Nematic polymeric networks are (heat and light) activable materials, which combine the features of rubber and nematic liquid crystals. When only the stretching energy of a thin she…