Origin of Unusually High Rigidity in Selected Helical Coil Structures
Soft Condensed Matter
2017-06-13 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
Using continuum elasticity theory, we describe the elastic behavior of helical coils with an asymmetric double-helix structure and identify conditions, under which they become very rigid. Theoretical insight gained for macro-structures including a stretched telephone cord and an unsupported helical staircase is universal and of interest for the elastic behavior of helical structures on the micro- and nanometer scale.
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@article{arxiv.1706.03288,
title = {Origin of Unusually High Rigidity in Selected Helical Coil Structures},
author = {David Tomanek and Arthur G. Every},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.03288},
year = {2017}
}
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Phys. Rev. Appl. (2017)