Slack Dynamics on an Unfurling String
Soft Condensed Matter
2012-09-27 v2 Pattern Formation and Solitons
Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
An arch will grow on a rapidly deployed thin string in contact with a rigid plane. We present a qualitative model for the growing structure involving the amplification, rectification, and advection of slack in the presence of a steady stress field, validate our assumptions with numerical experiments, and pose new questions about the spatially developing motions of thin objects.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1202.0795,
title = {Slack Dynamics on an Unfurling String},
author = {J. A. Hanna and C. D. Santangelo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.0795},
year = {2012}
}
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significant changes. removed one figure