https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124910006
Deformations of a 2D Elastica under a random distribution of normal loads
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Instituto de Fisica de Buenos Aires (IFIBA-CONICET), Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 7190, Institut Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, 75005, Paris, France
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PMMH, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, F-75005, Paris, France
* e-mail: miguel.trejo.l@gmail.com
** e-mail: evelyne.kolb@upmc.fr
Published online: 7 June 2021
We describe the deformations of a 2D elastic structure (beam, rod or filament) subjected to randomly distributed local orthogonal forces. The fiber is in quasistatic equilibrium condition when a given force distribution is acting on it. To analyze the effects of force fluctuations on the observed configurations, we study the behavior of the bending moment at the origin and the filament curvature, as a function of nominal values of the local mean forces and small, moderate and large fluctuations around them.
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