Capturing the helical to spiral transitions in thin ribbons of nematic elastomers
Soft Condensed Matter
2016-08-10 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
We provide a quantitative description of the helicoid--to--spiral transition in thin ribbons of nematic elastomers using an elementary calculation based on a Koiter-type plate with incompatible reference configuration. Our calculation confirms that such transition is ruled by the competition between stretching energy and bending energy.
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@article{arxiv.1608.02793,
title = {Capturing the helical to spiral transitions in thin ribbons of nematic elastomers},
author = {Giuseppe Tomassetti and Valerio Varano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.02793},
year = {2016}
}