Elastica

Quick meaning: Elastica is a noun meaning (materials science) A curve that minimizes bending energy; the shape that a thin flexible rod assumes when its endpoints are fixed.

Meaning

(materials science) A curve that minimizes bending energy; the shape that a thin flexible rod assumes when its endpoints are fixed.

More Meanings

1. (biology) Connective tissue that contains elastic fibers, such as that found in blood vessels or skin.

Example Sentences

That the elastica interna becomes so modified in its staining properties, so swollen as to exceed ten times the original elastica in thickness, is a fact that cannot be doubted.

This paper studies the snap-through of a pinned-clamped elastica when the support of the clamped end can be moved arbitrarily in plane. The universal snap curve, which describes the critical boundary conditions of the pinned-clamped elasticas, is firstly obtained by determining the saddle-node bifurcation points of the moment-rotation response curves.

Word Forms

• elasticas

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