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| arXiv : 1009.1001 |
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| Statistical distributions in the folding of elastic structures |
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| Mokhtar Adda-Bedia 1Arezki Boudaoud 1, 2 |
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| (01/09/2010) |
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| The behaviour of elastic structures undergoing large deformations is the result of the competition between confining conditions, self-avoidance and elasticity. This combination of multiple phenomena creates a geometrical frustration that leads to complex fold patterns. By studying the case of a rod confined isotropically into a disk, we show that the emergence of the complexity is associated with a well defined underlying statistical measure that determines the energy distribution of sub-elements,``branches'', of the rod. This result suggests that branches act as the ``microscopic'' degrees of freedom laying the foundations for a statistical mechanical theory of this athermal and amorphous system. |
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| 1 : | Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'ENS (LPS) |
| CNRS : UMR8550 – Université Paris VI - Pierre et Marie Curie – Université Paris VII - Paris Diderot – Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris - ENS Paris | |
| 2 : | Reproduction et développement des plantes (RDP) |
| CNRS : UMR5667 – INRA : UR0879 – Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I – École Normale Supérieure - Lyon | |
| 3 : | Department of Chemical Physics |
| Weizmann Institute of Science | |
| 4 : | Department of Physics - McGill University |
| McGill University | |
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| Domaine | : | Physique/Matière Condensée/Matière Molle Physique/Matière Condensée/Mécanique statistique |
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| Elasticity – Folding – Energy distributions – Effective particles – Experiments – Simulations |
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| Contributeur : Stephanie Deboeuf | |
| Soumis le : Jeudi 2 Septembre 2010, 22:32:41 | |
| Dernière modification le : Lundi 6 Septembre 2010, 11:36:24 | |