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Peeling off an elastica from a smooth attractive substrate
Phys. Rev. E 71, 036611 – Published 17 March, 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.036611
Abstract
Using continuum mechanics, we study theoretically the unbinding of an inextensible rod with free ends attracted by a smooth substrate and submitted to a vertical force. We use the elastica model in a medium-range van der Waals potential. We numerically solve a nonlinear boundary value problem and obtain the force-stretching relation at zero temperature. We obtain the critical force for which the rod unbinds from the substrate as a function of three dimensionless parameters, and we find two different regimes of adhesion. We study analytically the contact potential case as the van der Waals radius goes to zero.
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In this work, we do not focus on the maximal height of the end of the rod but on the critical forces.