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sabato 13 aprile 2024

# gst: evolving disorder and chaos induces acceleration of elastic waves.

<< Static or frozen disorder, characterised by spatial heterogeneities, influences diverse complex systems, encompassing many-body systems, equilibrium and nonequilibrium states of matter, intricate network topologies, biological systems, and wave-matter interactions. >>

AA << investigate elastic wave propagation in a one-dimensional heterogeneous medium with diagonal disorder. (They) examine two types of complex elastic materials: one with static disorder, where mass density randomly varies in space, and the other with evolving disorder, featuring random variations in both space and time. (AA) results indicate that evolving disorder enhances the propagation speed of Gaussian pulses compared to static disorder. Additionally, (They) demonstrate that the acceleration effect also occurs when the medium evolves chaotically rather than randomly over time. The latter establishes that evolving randomness is not a unique prerequisite for observing wavefront acceleration, introducing the concept of chaotic acceleration in complex media. >>️

M. Ahumada, L. Trujillo, J. F. Marín. Evolving disorder and chaos induces acceleration of elastic waves. arXiv: 2403.02113v1 [cond-mat.dis-nn]. Mar 4, 2024. 

Also: waves, elastic, chaos, transition, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, waves, elastic, chaos, transition


sabato 21 ottobre 2023

# gst: local elastic properties of strongly disordered matter

<< The local elastic properties of strongly disordered material are investigated using the theory of correlated random matrices. A significant increase in stiffness is shown in the interfacial region, the thickness of which depends on the strength of disorder. It is shown that this effect plays a crucial role in nanocomposites, in which interfacial regions are formed around each nanoparticle. >>️

D. A. Conyuh, A. A. Semenov, Y. M. Beltukov. Effective elastic moduli of composites with a strongly disordered host material. Phys. Rev. E 108, 045004. Oct 20, 2023. 

Also: elastic, noise, particle, nano, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html

Keywords: gst, elastic, noise, particle, nano


venerdì 7 aprile 2023

# gst: packing in slender structures, the geometry of squeezed elastic beams


<< The behavior of a collection of squeezed elastic beams is determined by geometry, not by complex forces. >>️

Dan Garisto. How Order Emerges in Bendy Beam Bunches. Physics 16, 54. Apr 3, 2023.

<< A collection of thin structures buckle, bend, and bump into each other when confined. This contact can lead to the formation of patterns: hair will self-organize in curls; DNA strands will layer into cell nuclei; paper, when crumpled, will fold in on itself, forming a maze of interleaved sheets. This pattern formation changes how densely the structures can pack, as well as the mechanical properties of the system. >>️

<< Here (AA) study the emergence of order in a canonical example of packing in slender structures, i.e., a system of parallel confined elastic beams. >>️

They << find that the compressive stiffness and stored bending energy of this metamaterial are directly proportional to the number of beams that are geometrically frustrated at any given point.  >>
Arman Guerra, Anja C. Slim, et al. Self-Ordering of Buckling, Bending, and Bumping Beams. Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 148201. Apr 3, 2023.

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keyword 'elastic' in FonT

keyword 'elastico' in Notes
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Keywords: gst, self-assembly, beams, buckling, bending, bumping, elasticity





sabato 30 ottobre 2021

# gst: apropos of transitions, perspectives on viscoelastic flow instabilities; the 'porous individualism'

<< given the observation that disorder can suppress the transition to elastic turbulence in 2D porous media (..), it has been unclear whether and how this transition manifests in disordered 3D media — though elastic turbulence has been speculated to underlie the long-standing observation that the macroscopic flow resistance of an injected polymer solution can abruptly increase above a threshold flow rate in a porous medium, but not in bulk solution >>️

AA << found that the transition to unstable flow in each pore is continuous, arising due to the increased persistence of discrete bursts of instability above a critical value of the characteristic (Weissenberg no.) Wi; however, the onset value varies from pore to pore. This observation that single pores exposed to the same macroscopic flow rate become unstable in different ways provides a fascinating pore-scale analog of “molecular individualism” [P.  De Gennes, Molecular individualism. Science 276, 1999–2000 (1997)], in which single polymers exposed to the same extensional flow elongate in different ways; the authors therefore termed it “porous individualism”, although it is important to note that here, this effect is still at the continuum (not molecular) scale. Thus, unstable flow is spatially heterogeneous across the different pores of the medium, with unstable and laminar regions coexisting >>

AA << quantitatively established that the energy dissipated by unstable pore-scale fluctuations generates an anomalous increase in flow resistance through the entire medium that agrees well with macroscopic pressure drop measurements. >>

Sujit S. Datta, Arezoo M. Ardekani, et al. Perspectives on viscoelastic flow instabilities and elastic turbulence. arXiv: 2108.09841v1 [physics.flu-dyn]. Aug 22, 2021. 



keywords: gst, droplet, fluctuations, disorder, instability, viscoelastic flow instability, turbulence, elastic turbulence, individualism, porous individualism, transition

giovedì 9 maggio 2024

# gst: bubble phases sliding over periodically modulated substrates

AA << analyze a bubble-forming system composed of particles with competing long-range repulsive and short-range attractive interactions driven over a quasi-one-dimensional periodic substrate. >>️

They << find various pinned and sliding phases as a function of substrate strength and drive amplitude. When the substrate is weak, a pinned bubble phase appears that depins elastically into a sliding bubble lattice. For stronger substrates, (AA) find anisotropic bubbles, disordered bubbles, and stripe phases. Plastic depinning occurs via the hopping of individual particles from one bubble to the next in a pinned bubble lattice, and as the drive increases, there is a transition to a state where all of the bubbles are moving but are continuously shedding and absorbing individual particles. This is followed at high drives by a moving bubble lattice in which the particles can no longer escape their individual bubbles. >>️

<< When the bubbles shrink due to an increase in the attractive interaction term, they fit better inside the pinning troughs and become more strongly pinned, leading to a reentrant pinning phase. For weaker attractive terms, the size of the bubbles becomes greater than the width of the pinning troughs and the depinning becomes elastic with a reduced depinning threshold. >>
C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt. Sliding dynamics for bubble phases on periodic modulated substrates. Phys. Rev. Research 6, 023116. May 2, 2024.

Also: bubble, elastic, transition, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, bubble, pinned bubble, elastic, transition




martedì 31 ottobre 2023

# gst: how to create a helix from a straight rod, “twist” or “bend” approaches.

<< There are two independent ways of creating a helix from a straight rod: curl the rod into a circle and then twist the rod all along its length to convert the ring into a helix (“twist” method), or deform the rod into a sine wave and then bend it with a sinusoidal distortion that curls at right angles to the first sine wave (“bend” method). Both procedures produce the same shape, but they generate different internal stresses within the rod, and their implementations require different amounts of energy. >>️

AA << say that their experiments could serve as a model for many physical systems that undergo handedness transitions, including the tendrils of plants, the flagella of microorganisms, and the strands of DNA molecules.  >>
David Ehrenstein. Two Experimental Observations of Helix Reversals. Physics 16, s158. Oct 24, 2023.  

Paul M. Ryan, Joshua W. Shaevitz,  Charles W. Wolgemuth. Bend or Twist? What Plectonemes Reveal about the Mysterious Motility of Spiroplasma. Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 178401. Oct 24, 2023. 

Emilien Dilly, Sebastien Neukirch, Julien Derr, Drazen Zanchi. Traveling Perversion as Constant Torque Actuator. Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 177201. Oct 24, 2023. 

Also: elastic, swim, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html

Keywords: gst, elastic, elastic deformation, swimming



mercoledì 22 settembre 2021

# gst: stagnation points controlling the onset and strength of chaotic fluctuations (in viscoelastic porous media flows)

<< Viscoelastic porous media flows become chaotic beyond critical flow conditions, impacting processes including enhanced oil recovery and targeted drug delivery. Understanding how geometric details of the porous medium affect the onset and strength of the chaotic flows can lead to fundamental insights and potential optimization of such processes. Recently, it has been argued that geometric disorder in the medium suppresses chaotic fluctuations. In contrast, (AA) demonstrate that disorder can also significantly enhance fluctuations given a different originally ordered configuration. (AA) show that the occurrence of stagnation points in the flow field is the vital factor controlling the onset and strength of fluctuation, providing a general and intuitive understanding of how pore geometry affects this important class of complex viscoelastic flows. >>

Simon J. Haward, Cameron C. Hopkins, Amy Q. Shen. Stagnation points control chaotic fluctuations in viscoelastic porous media flow. PNAS. 118 (38)  e2111651118. doi: 10.1073/ pnas.2111651118. Sep 21, 2021. 



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keyword 'elastic' | 'turbulence' | 'disorder' in FonT




keyword 'elastico' | 'turbolento' | 'disordine' in Notes
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keywords: viscoelastic flows, porous media, stagnation, elastic turbulence, chaos, chaotic fluctuations, geometric disorder.


giovedì 7 maggio 2020

# gst: shape-shifting dynamics; tiny evolutionary changes have turned a tongue into a fast elastic recoil mech (in salamanders)

<< relatively minor changes in the musculoskeletal morphology of the tongue apparatus and in the timing of muscle activation have, through evolutionary time, transformed a muscle-powered system with modest performance and high thermal sensitivity into a spring-powered system with extreme performance and thermal robustness, in parallel in both major groups of this largest family of salamanders. High performance and thermal robustness evolve together, indicating they are both properties of the same elastic-recoil, "bow-and-arrow" mechanism. Similar evolutionary patterns may be found in other ectothermic animals with extreme performance. >>

Stephen M. Deban, Jeffrey A. Scales, et al. Evolution of a high-performance and functionally robust musculoskeletal system in salamanders. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1921807117. Apr 27, 2020.


Bob Yirka. Minor evolutionary changes helped transform the salamander tongue into a fast elastic recoil mechanism. Apr 28, 2020.


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keyword 'tiny' in FonT



domenica 23 settembre 2018

# phys: amorphous, but elastic

<< Long-range stress correlations, like those DeGiuli and others have found in amorphous solids, are characteristic of an elastic solid-a material that bounces back to its original shape after being deformed. >>

Emanuela Del Gado. Viewpoint: Constructing a Theory for Amorphous Solids. Sep 10, 2018.

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/88

mercoledì 24 maggio 2023

# gst: intricate transitions in elastoactive structures.

<< The interplay between activity and elasticity often found in active and living systems triggers a plethora of autonomous behaviors ranging from self-assembly and collective motion to actuation. Among these, spontaneous self-oscillations of mechanical structures is perhaps the simplest and most widespread type of nonequilibrium phenomenon. >>️

<< Here, (AA) introduce a centimeter-sized model system for one-dimensional elastoactive structures. >>️

<< such structures exhibit flagellar motion when pinned at one end, self-snapping when pinned at two ends, and synchronization when coupled together with a sufficiently stiff link. (..) these transitions can be described quantitatively by simple models of coupled pendula with follower forces. >>️

Ellen Zheng, Martin Brandenbourger, et al. Self-Oscillation and Synchronization Transitions in Elastoactive Structures. Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 178202. April 25, 2023. 

Also:  transition, particle, self-assembly, elastic, pendulum in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html

Keywords: gst, transition, particle, self-assembly, elastic, pendulum


lunedì 22 marzo 2021

# gst: weird nature: the generation of complex (frilly, flexible, and functional) wrinkling patterns by 'defects'

<< A ubiquitous motif in nature is the self-similar hierarchical buckling of a thin lamina near its margins. This is seen in leaves, flowers, fungi, corals and marine invertebrates. We investigate this morphology from the perspective of non-Euclidean plate theory. We identify a novel type of defect, a branch-point of the normal map, that allows for the generation of such complex wrinkling patterns in thin elastic hyperbolic surfaces, even in the absence of stretching. We argue that branch points are the natural defects in hyperbolic sheets, they carry a topological charge which gives them a degree of robustness, and they can influence the overall morphology of a hyperbolic surface without concentrating elastic energy. >>️

Kenneth K. Yamamoto, Toby L. Shearman, et al. Nature's forms are frilly, flexible, and functional. arXiv: 2103.10509v1. Mar 18, 2021.


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martedì 26 maggio 2020

# gst: predict stability in a collapsing ring

<< it is possible to predict the stability of a collapsing ring by counting its kinks. (..) (AA) group describes experiments they conducted that involved placing an elastic ring over a soap film and recording what happens when the ring collapses. >>

Bob Yirka. Counting kinks in a collapsing ring to predict stability. May 20, 2020.


Finn Box, Ousmane Kodio, et al. Dynamic Buckling of an Elastic Ring in a Soap Film. Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 198003. 13 May 13, 2020.



sabato 26 agosto 2017

# gst: modeling around the edge of a crack

<< It is said that a weak link determines the strength of the entire chain. Likewise, defects or small cracks in a solid material may ultimately determine the strength of that material – how well it will withstand various forces >>

<< What, exactly, happens right around the edge of the crack, in the area in which those large stresses are concentrated? >>

The Breaking Point. What happens at the moving edge of crack? Aug 23, 2017

https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/breaking-point

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170823094054.htm

AA << show that cracks undergo an oscillatory instability controlled by small-scale, near crack-tip, elastic nonlinearity. This instability occurs above an ultrahigh critical velocity and features an intrinsic wavelength proportional to the ratio of the fracture energy to the elastic modulus (..) This ratio emerges as a fundamental scaling length assumed to play no role in the classical theory of cracks, but shown here to strongly influence crack dynamics >>

Chih-Hung Chen, Eran Bouchbinder & Alain Karma. Instability in dynamic fracture and the failure of the classical theory of cracks. Nature Physics doi: 10.1038/nphys4237 Publ. Aug 21, 2017

https://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphys4237.html

mercoledì 27 gennaio 2021

# gst: apropos of 'strange' transitions to self-assemble into an egg; the coordinated elastic behavior to swirl in a vortex (D. melanogaster)

 << At the end of its first week of development, a striking change occurs in a fruit-fly egg cell. The cell’s internal fluid motion transitions from a disordered mix of small-scale flows to a single vortex that encompasses the entire cell. >> 

 << Given the fluid’s incompressibility, those forces can give rise to what the researchers call a  "swirling" instability, and the flow switches to a cell-spanning rotation. The threshold of molecular motor activity for the transition depends on the buckling of individual microtubules, which are treated as elastic rods. >> 

A Vortex in an Egg Cell. Physics 14, s1. Jan 13, 2021.  


David B. Stein, Gabriele De Canio, et al. Swirling Instability of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton. Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 028103.  doi: 10.1103/ PhysRevLett.126.028103. Jan 13, 2021.



lunedì 11 aprile 2022

# gst: apropos of instabilities, viscoelastic liquid bridges can be destabilized by torsion.

<< Liquid bridges are formed when liquids are constrained between two (or more) surfaces via the capillary force. They appear in a wide range of contexts including biology, medicine, and engineering. In the context of biology, liquid bridges enable animals like geckos to adhere to vertical walls (..) >>

<< By experiment and simulation, (AA) report that viscoelastic liquid bridges made of constant viscosity elastic liquids, a.k.a. Boger fluids, can be effectively destabilized by torsion. Under torsion, the deformation of the liquid bridge depends on the competition between elastocapillarity and torsion-induced normal stress effects. When the elastocapillary effect dominates, the liquid bridge undergoes elastocapillary instability and thins into a cylindrical thread, whose length increases and whose radius decays exponentially over time. When the torsion-induced normal stress effect dominates, the liquid bridge deforms in a way similar to edge fracture, a flow instability characterized by the sudden indentation of the fluid's free surface when a viscoelastic fluid is sheared at above a critical deformation rate. The vertical component of the normal stress causes the upper and lower portions of the liquid bridge to approach each other, and the radial component of the normal stress results in the liquid bridge thinning more quickly than under elastocapillarity. Whether such quick thinning continues until the bridge breaks depends on both the liquid bridge configuration and the level of torsion applied. >>️

San To Chan, Stylianos Varchanis, et al. Torsional instability of constant viscosity elastic liquid bridges. Soft Matter, 2022,18, 1965-1977. doi: 10.1039/ D1SM01804C. Feb 7, 2022. 



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keywords: instability, torsion, torsional instability, viscoelastic liquid, bridge







giovedì 15 settembre 2022

# gst: solitons as 'emergent elastic objects with spatially dependent stiffness'

<< Since the 1950s, topological solitons have been used to describe elementary particles and particle-like field configurations that appear in systems ranging from subatomic to cosmological scales. Particles are topologically protected, for which transitions to states with different topological charges are restricted. However, formation and annihilation of solitons are universal in almost all branches of physics, which implies that topological protection collapses at certain condition unrevealed. >>

<< Here, (AA) show that solitons can be regarded as emergent elastic objects with spatially dependent stiffness, and a second-order topological phase transition initiates at its softened points, i.e., points with a vanishing eigenvalue of the emergent stiffness matrix. >>
Yangfan Hu. Emergent elasticity and topological stability of solitons. arXiv: 2208.14916v1 [nlin.PS]. Aug 31, 2022. 

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'Second-order phase transitions

keyword 'solitons' in FonT

Keywords: gst, solitons, transition, phase_transition







mercoledì 3 aprile 2024

# gst: elastomers fail from the edge.



<< The performance of soft devices is limited by the fracture resistance of elastomers. (..) A key observation is that thicker elastomers can be significantly tougher than thinner ones. (AA) show that this surprising toughness enhancement in thick samples emerges from the 3D geometry of the fracture process. In contrast to the classical picture of a 2D crack, failure is driven by the growth of two separate “edge” cracks that nucleate early on at a sample’s sides. As loading is increased, these cracks propagate in towards the sample midplane. When they merge, samples reach their ultimate failure strength. In thicker samples, edge cracks need to propagate farther before meeting, resulting in increased sample toughness. (AA) demonstrate that edge-crack growth is controlled by the elastomer’s strain-stiffening properties. >>
Nan Xue, Rong Long, Eric R. Dufresne, Robert W. Style. Elastomers Fail from the Edge. Phys. Rev. X 14, 011054. March 22, 2024. 

Also: elastic, crack, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, elastic, crack, elastomers, fracture


giovedì 28 marzo 2024

# evol: emergence of single vs. multi-state allostery

      FIG. 1. The elastic network model

<< Allostery, the change of activity of a  macromolecule in response to a perturbation at a distance from its active site, is thought to be a ubiquitous feature of proteins. Initially described in the context of multimeric proteins, it is now understood to underlie the regulation of proteins with diverse structural architectures, from receptors to signaling proteins and metabolic enzymes. >>️

<< Here, (AA) analyze a simplified model of protein allostery under a range of physical and evolutionary constraints. (They) find that a continuum of mechanisms between two archetypes emerges through evolution. In one limit, a single-state mechanism exists where ligand binding induces a displacement along a single normal mode, and in the other limit, a multi-state mechanism exists where ligand binding induces a switch across an energy barrier to a different stable state. Importantly, whenever the two mechanisms are possible, the multi-state mechanism confers a stronger allosteric effect and thus a selective advantage. >>
Eric Rouviere, Rama Ranganathan, Olivier Rivoire. Emergence of Single- versus Multi-State Allostery. PRX Life 1, 023004. Nov 9, 2023.


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Keywords: gst, allostery, elastic, evolution


martedì 30 giugno 2020

# gst: elastic instabilities, a morphing model to quickly trap anything (in 100msec), the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

<< The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) takes only 100 milliseconds to trap its prey. Once their leaves, which have been transformed into snap traps, have closed, insects can no longer escape. >>

<< the trap of the carnivorous plant is under mechanical prestress. In addition, its three tissue layers of each lobe have to deform according to a special pattern. >>

<< In order to close correctly, the traps also had to consist of three layers of tissue: an inner which constricts, an outer which expands, and a neutral middle layer. >>

Albert Ludwigs. Biomechanical analyses and computer simulations reveal the Venus flytrap snapping mechanisms. University of Freiburg. Jun 23, 2020.


Renate Sachse, Anna Westermeier, et al. Snapping mechanics of the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). PNAS. doi: 10.1073/ pnas.2002707117. Jun 22, 2020. 


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Dionaea muscipula, with precision. FonT. Feb 2, 2016. 




mercoledì 19 agosto 2020

# gst: the role of surface tension during the collapse of a viscous bubble

<< The rupture and collapse of viscous bubbles are widespread in nature and in industrial applications. The phenomenon is accompanied by elastic sheets that develop radial wrinkles. While the weight of the film appeared to play a dominant role during film collapse and wrinkling instability, in this work, gravity appeared to play a surprisingly negligible role. Based on fluid mechanics of the phenomena, Oratis et al. showed surface tension to be the driving factor during collapse to initiate dynamic buckling instability and wrinkling behavior, accompanied with the breakdown of curved viscous and viscoelastic films. >>

Thamarasee Jeewandara. Ripple effects after slow-motion bubble collapse. Aug 17, 2020.


Alexandros T. Oratis, John W. M. Bush, et al. A new wrinkle on liquid sheets: Turning the mechanism of viscous bubble collapse upside down. Science. Vol. 369, Issue 6504, pp. 685-688. doi: 10.1126/ science.aba0593. Aug 7, 2020