BILATERAL ESTIMATES IN ELASTIC ROD STABILITY PROBLEMS FORMULATED THROUGH BENDING MOMENTS

Bending modes, elastic constants and mechanical stability of graphitic systems

Bending moments in free-swimming flagella.

The bending of a flagellum, such as the flagellum which forms the tail of a seaurchin spermatozoon, is the result of active mechanochemical processes occurring within the flagellum itself, which cause it to bend actively throughout its length (Gray, 1955; Machin, 1958). To understand how flagella operate, we must understand not only the mechanisms which generate bending, but also the control me...

In vivo horizontal bending moments on implants.

To date, transverse and vertical forces applied eccentrically to the axis of dental implants in the molar area during oral function have not been quantified. A specially designed load cell placed directly in the implant allowed for measurements of bending moments. Results of both load directions were compared to each other and to the loads applied vertically along the implant axis. The stress i...

Spare the (Elastic) Rod

Physicists love emergence. From a welter of complex details about a system's constituents, simple and universal rules sometimes emerge that adequately describe the collective behavior of the components. Even if these rules are not completely universal, they often have only a few relevant parameters, a vast simplification compared to the many that describe the constituents individually. But as V...

On Bending of Elastic Plates*