A nonlinear rod linkage model: zero-energy chains and continuum consistency
Abstract
We study a discrete Lagrangian model for a one-dimensional chain of rigid rods coupled by elastic springs. We characterize the geometry of its zero-energy constraint and distinguish the spinner and flipper regimes. Under graph-type hypotheses, selected zero-energy chains converge, after rescaling, to trajectories of an autonomous ordinary differential equation. For the physical linkage, we identify a simple alternating selection criterion under which chains form a unique monotone heteroclinic family in the spinner regime. In the flipper regime, we determine the topology of the constraint set and the number of successors, but leave global branch selection open. We also derive one- and two-component continuum residual expansions, distinguishing consistency from convergence of time-dependent solutions. Reproducible numerical experiments test the selected spinner recurrence and its asymptotic multiplier; for a simplified one-component model with smooth periodic data, they recover first- and second-order discrepancies for the leading and corrected continuum equations, respectively.
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BibTeX
@misc{kriventsov2026nonlinear,
title = {{A nonlinear rod linkage model: zero-energy chains and continuum consistency}},
author = {Dennis Kriventsov and Philippe G. LeFloch},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.08705},
eprint = {2610.08705},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08705},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - A nonlinear rod linkage model: zero-energy chains and continuum consistency
AU - Dennis Kriventsov
AU - Philippe G. LeFloch
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/06
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.08705
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08705
AB - We study a discrete Lagrangian model for a one-dimensional chain of rigid rods coupled by elastic springs. We characterize the geometry of its zero-energy constraint and distinguish the spinner and flipper regimes. Under graph-type hypotheses, selected zero-energy chains converge, after rescaling, to trajectories of an autonomous ordinary differential equation. For the physical linkage, we identify a simple alternating selection criterion under which chains form a unique monotone heteroclinic family in the spinner regime. In the flipper regime, we determine the topology of the constraint set and the number of successors, but leave global branch selection open. We also derive one- and two-component continuum residual expansions, distinguishing consistency from convergence of time-dependent solutions. Reproducible numerical experiments test the selected spinner recurrence and its asymptotic multiplier; for a simplified one-component model with smooth periodic data, they recover first- and second-order discrepancies for the leading and corrected continuum equations, respectively.
ER -