A Unified Variational Framework for Planar Elastica with General Distributed Loads
Published in arXiv, 2025
We present a simple variational framework for planar elastica that incorporates distributed energies directly at the level of the energy functional. This approach reproduces the classical heavy elastica and naturally extends to magnetic body torques, yielding compact governing equations with clearly separated load contributions.
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