Simulating Self-Avoiding Isometric Plate Bending
Simulating Self-Avoiding Isometric Plate Bending
Inspired by recent results on self-avoiding inextensible curves, we propose and experimentally investigate a numerical method for simulating isometric plate bending without self-intersections. We consider a nonlinear two-dimensional Kirchhoff plate model which is augmented via addition of a tangent-point energy. The resulting continuous model energy is finite if and only …