The phenomenon of oscillatory instability called 'flutter'was observed in aeroelasticity and
rotor dynamics about a century ago. Driven by a series of applications involving non …

This updated revision gives a complete and topical overview on Nonconservative Stability
which is essential for many areas of science and technology ranging from particles trapping …

Dynamic instability in the mechanics of elastic structures is a fascinating topic, with many
issues still unsettled. Accordingly, there is a wealth of literature examining the problems from …

Soft actuators typically require time-varying or spatially modulated control to be operationally
effective. The scope of the present paper is to show, theoretically and experimentally, that a …

Cauchy-elastic solids include hyper-elasticity and a subset of elastic materials for which the
stress does not follow from a scalar strain potential. More in general, hypo-elastic materials …

The effect of elastic deformations induced by gravity loading on the active circumnutation
movements of growing plant shoots is investigated. We consider first a discrete model (a …

It is shown that a compound elastic structure, which displays a dynamic instability, may be
designed as the union (or 'fusion') of two structures which are stable when separately …

We report the full analytical solution of the large deformations of a cantilevered elastica
loaded by a uniformly distributed follower pressure. We consider an unshearable …

We present a three-dimensional morphoelastic rod model capable to describe the
morphogenesis of growing plant shoots driven by differential growth. We discuss the …

In this paper, the effects of linear damping on the post-critical behavior of the Ziegler's
column are discussed. To this end, the well-known double-pendulum, loaded at the free-end …