Sébastien Neukirch
Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Sorbonne Université, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie
Paris, Francetel: +33 1 44 27 72 61
e-mail: sebastien.neukirch (-atat-) upmc.fr
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Publications :
Theses
- Mémoire pour l'habilitation à diriger des recherches :
Enroulement, contact et vibrations de tiges élastiques
Juillet 2009, 97 pages (pdf) (2.4 Mo).
- PhD dissertation:
Dissipative dynamical systems : the shape of the Lorenz chaotic attractor and the number of Liénard limit cycles
November 1998, 178 pages (ps.gz) (1.7 Mo) or (pdf) (2.4 Mo)Book chapter
A. Lazarus, C. Maurini, and S. Neukirch
Stability of discretized nonlinear elastic systems
CISM Courses and Lectures 'Extremely Deformable Structures', Vol. 562, Springer 2015: more info.International journals (with refeering procedure):
2023:
2021:
- Émilien Dilly, Sébastien Neukirch, Julien Derr, and Dražen Zanchi
Traveling perversion as constant torque actuator
Phys. Rev. Lett., 131 (2023) 177201: more info.
2020:
- Sébastien Neukirch, Basile Audoly
A convenient formulation of sadowsky’s model for elastic ribbons
Proc. R. Soc. A, 477 (2021) 20210548: more info.
- Victor Romero, Mickael Ly, Abdullah-Haroon Rasheed, Raphael Charrondiere, Arnaud Lazarus, Sebastien Neukirch, Florence Bertails-Descoubes
Physical validation of simulators in Computer Graphics: A new framework dedicated to slender elastic structures and frictional contact
ACM Transactions on Graphics, 40(4) (2021) art. 66: more info.
- Sebastien Neukirch, Morteza Yavari, Noel Challamel, Olivier Thomas
Comparison of the Von Karman and Kirchhoff models for the post-buckling and vibrations of elastic beams
Journal of Theoretical, Computational and Applied Mechanics, May (2021): more info.
- Basile Audoly, Sébastien Neukirch
A one-dimensional model for elastic ribbons: A little stretching makes a big difference
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 153 (2021) 104457: more info.
2018:
- R. Charrondiere, F. Bertails-Descoubes, S. Neukirch, V. Romero
Numerical modeling of inextensible elastic ribbons with curvature-based elements
Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, 364 (2020) 112922 : more info.
2017:
- H. Elettro, A. Antkowiak, and S. Neukirch
The heavy windlass: Buckling and coiling of an elastic rod inside a liquid drop in the presence of gravity
Mechanics Research Communications, 93 (2018) 58-61 : more info.
- A. Hourlier-Fargette, J. Dervaux, A. Antkowiak, and S. Neukirch
Extraction of Silicone Uncrosslinked Chains at Air–Water–Polydimethylsiloxane Triple Lines
Langmuir, 34 (2018) 12244–12250 : more info.
- P. Grandgeorge, A. Antkowiak, and S. Neukirch
Auxiliary soft beam for the amplification of the elasto-capillary coiling: Towards stretchable electronics
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 255 (2018) 2-9 : more info.
- P. Grandgeorge, N. Krins, A. Hourlier-Fargette, C. Laberty-Robert, S. Neukirch, and A. Antkowiak
Capillarity-induced folds fuel extreme shape changes in thin wicked membranes
Science, 360 (2018) 296-299 : more info.
- D. Moulton, P. Grandgeorge, and S. Neukirch
Stable elastic knots with no self-contact
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 116 (2018) 33-53: more info.
2016:
- H. Elettro, F. Vollrath, A. Antkowiak, and S. Neukirch
Drop-on-coilable-fibre systems exhibit negative stiffness events and transitions in coiling morphology
Soft Matter, 13 (2017) 5509-5517: more info.
- A. Hourlier-Fargette, A. Antkowiak, Antoine Chateauminois, and S. Neukirch
Role of uncrosslinked chains in droplets dynamics on silicone elastomers
Soft Matter, 13 (2017) 3484-3491: more info.
- H. Elettro, P. Grandgeorge, and S. Neukirch
Elastocapillary coiling of an elastic rod inside a drop
Journal of Elasticity, 127 (2017) 235–247: more info.
2015:
- F. Bosi, D. Misseroni, F. Dal Corso, S. Neukirch, and D. Bigoni
Asymptotic self-restabilization of a continuous elastic structure
Phys. Rev. E., 94 (2016) 063005: more info.
- H. Elettro, S. Neukirch, F. Vollrath, and A. Antkowiak
In-drop capillary spooling of spider capture thread inspires hybrid fibers with mixed solid-liquid mechanical properties
PNAS, 113 (2016) 6143-6147: more info.
- C. B. Prior and S. Neukirch
The extended polar writhe: a tool for open curves mechancis
J. Phys. A: Math. Theo., 49 (2016) 215201 : more info.
2014:
- H. Elettro, S. Neukirch, A. Antkowiak, and F. Vollrath
Adhesion of dry and wet electrostatic capture silk of uloborid spider
The Science of Nature (Naturwissenschaften), 102 (2015) 41 : more info.
- H. Elettro, F. Vollrath, A. Antkowiak, and S. Neukirch
Coiling of an elastic beam inside a disk: A model for spider-capture silk
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 75 (2015) 59-66 : more info.
2013:
- M. Rivetti and S. Neukirch
The mode branching route to localization of the finite-length floating elastica
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 69 (2014) 143-155 : more info.
- A. Fargette, S. Neukirch, and A. Antkowiak
Elastocapillary snapping: Capillarity induces snap-through instabilities in small elastic beams
Phys. Rev. Lett., 112 (2014) 137802 : more info.
- S. Neukirch, A. Antkowiak, and J.-J. Marigo
Soft beams: When capillarity induces axial compression
Phys. Rev. E, 89 (2014) 012401: more info.
- S. Neukirch, A. Goriely, and O. Thomas
Singular inextensible limit in the vibrations of post-buckled rods: Analytical derivation and role of boundary conditions
Journal of Sound and Vibration, 333 (2014) 962-970: more info.
2012:
- J.F. Marko and S. Neukirch
Global force-torque phase diagram for the DNA double helix: Structural transitions, triple points, and collapsed plectonemes
Physical Review E, 88 (2013) 062722 : more info.
- S. Neukirch, A. Antkowiak, and J.-J. Marigo
The bending of an elastic beam by a liquid drop: a variational approach
Proc. R. Soc. A, 469 (2013) 20130066: more info.
2011:
- A. Goriely and S. Neukirch and A. Hausrath
Helices through 3 or 4 points?
Note di Matematica, 32 (2012) 87-104: more info.
- M. Rivetti and S. Neukirch
Instabilities in a drop-strip system: a simplified model
Proc. R. Soc. A, 468 (2012) 1304-1324: more info.
- J. Marko and S. Neukirch
Competition between curls and plectonemes near the buckling transition of stretched supercoiled DNA
Physical Review E, 85 (2012) 011908: more info.
- S. Neukirch, J. Frelat, A. Goriely, and C. Maurini
Vibrations of post-buckled rods: The singular inextensible limit
Journal of sound and Vibration, 331 (2012) 704-720: more info.2010:
- A. Antkowiak, B. Audoly, C. Josserand, S. Neukirch, and M. Rivetti
Instant fabrication and selection of folded structures using drop impact
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 108 (2011) 10400-10404: more info.
- S. Neukirch and J.F. Marko
Analytical Description of Extension, Torque, and Supercoiling Radius of a Stretched Twisted DNA
Physical Review Letters, 106 (2011) 138104: more info.2009:
- Helmut Kirchner and S. Neukirch
Friction of F-actin knots
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 3 (2010) 121-123: more info.2008:
- S. Neukirch and Eugene L. Starostin
Reply to “Comment on ‘Writhe formulas and antipodal points in plectonemic DNA configurations’ ”
Physical Review E, 80 (2009) 063902: more info.
- Alain Goriely, S. Neukirch, and Andrew Hausrath
Polyhelices through n points
International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications, 5 #2 (2009) 118-132: more info.
- N. Clauvelin, B. Audoly and S. Neukirch
Matched asymptotic expansions for twisted elastic knots: a self-contact problem with non-trivial contact topology
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 57 #9 (2009) 1623--1656 : more info.
- N. Clauvelin, B. Audoly and S. Neukirch
Elasticity and electrostatics of plectonemic DNA
Biophysical Journal, 96 #9 (2009) 3716--3723 : more info.2007:
- S. Neukirch and E. L. Starostin
Writhe formulas and antipodal points in plectonemic DNA configurations
Physical Review E, 78 041912 (2008) : more info.
- Alain Goriely, Andrew Hausrath, and S. Neukirch
The differential geometry of proteins and its applications to structure determination
Biophysical Reviews and Letters, 3 (2008) 77-101: more info.
- S. Neukirch, Alain Goriely, and Andrew Hausrath
Elastic coiled-coils act as energy buffers in the ATP synthase
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 43 #10 (2008) 1064-1073: more info.
- N. Clauvelin, B. Audoly, and S. Neukirch
Mechanical Response of Plectonemic DNA: An Analytical Solution
Macromolecules, 41 (2008) 4479--4483: more info.
- S. Neukirch, Alain Goriely, and Andrew Hausrath
Chirality of coiled-coils: elasticity matters
Physical Review Letters, 100 (2008) 038105: more info.2006:
- Nicolas Clauvelin, Basile Audoly, and S. Neukirch
Analytical results for the plectonemic response of supercoiled DNA
Journal of Computer-Aided Materials Design, 14 (2007) 95--101: more info.
- B. Audoly, N. Clauvelin and S. Neukirch
Elastic knots
Physical Review Letters, 99 164301 (2007): more info.
- S. Neukirch
Comment on 'Elliptic integral solutions of spatial elastica of a thin straight rod bent under concentrated terminal forces'
Meccanica, 42 (2007) 609-610: more info.
- S. Neukirch, Benoît Roman, Benoît de Gaudemaris, and José Bico
Elasto-capillary interactions: Piercing an interface with an elastic rod
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55 (2007) 1212-1235: more info.2005:
- Alain Goriely and S. Neukirch
The mechanics of climbing and attachment in twining plants
Physical Review Letters, 97 (2006) 184302: more info.2004:
- V. G. A. Goss, G. H. M. van der Heijden, J. M. T. Thompson, S. Neukirch
Experiments on Snap Buckling, Hysteresis and Loop Formation in Twisted Rods
Experimental Mechanics, 45 (2005) 101-111: more info.
- B. Audoly and S. Neukirch
Fragmentation of rods by cascading cracks: why spaghetti do not break in half
Physical Review Letters, 95 (2005) 095505: more info.2003:
- S. Neukirch
Extracting DNA twist rigidity from experimental supercoiling data
Physical Review Letters, 93 #19 (2004) 198107: more info.
- Michael E. Henderson & S. Neukirch
Classification of the spatial equilibria of the clamped elastica: numerical continuation of the solution set
International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 14 #4 (2004) 1223-1239: more info.2002:
- G. van der Heijden, J.M.T. Thompson & S. Neukirch
A variational approach to loaded ply structures
Journal of Vibration and Control 9 (2003) 175-185 : more info.
- G. van der Heijden, S. Neukirch, V. G. A. Goss & J.M.T. Thompson
Instability and self-contact phenomena in the writhing of clamped rods
International Journal of Mechanical Science 45 (2003) 161-196 : more info.2001:
- S. Neukirch, G. van der Heijden & J.M.T. Thompson
Writhing instabilities of twisted rods: from infinite to finite length
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 50 #6 (2002) 1175-1191: more info.
- S. Neukirch & Michael E. Henderson
Classification of the spatial equilibria of the clamped elastica: symmetries and zoology of solutions
Journal of Elasticity, 68 (2002) 95-121: more info.
- S. Neukirch & G. van der Heijden
Geometry and mechanics of uniform n-plies: from engineering ropes to biological filaments
Journal of Elasticity, 69 (2002) 41-72: more info.
- J.M.T. Thompson, G. van der Heijden & S. Neukirch
Super-Coiling of DNA Plasmids: Mechanics of the Generalised Ply
Proc. R. Soc. London. Series A 458 (2002) 959-985 : more info.2000:
- S. Neukirch
Integrals of motion and semi-permeable surfaces to bound the amplitude of a plasma instability
Physical Review E 63 #3 (2001) 036202 : more info.1999:
- S. Neukirch & Hector Giacomini
Shape of attractors for three-dimensional dissipative dynamical systems
Physical Review E 61 #5 (2000) 5098 : more info.1998:
- Hector Giacomini & S. Neukirch
Comment on `Liénard systems, limit cycles, and Melnikov theory'
Physical Review E 59 #2 (1999) 2483 : more info.1997:
- Hector Giacomini & S. Neukirch
Algebraic approximations to bifurcation curves of limit cycles for the Liénard equation
Physics Letters A 244 (1998) 53-58 : more info.
- Hector Giacomini & S. Neukirch
Improving a method for the study of limit cycles of the Liénard equation
Physical Review E 57 #6 (1998) 6573 : more info.
- Hector Giacomini & S. Neukirch
Integrals of motion and the shape of the attractor for the Lorenz model
Physics Letters A 227 (1997) 309-318 : more info.
- Hector Giacomini & S. Neukirch
Number of limit cycles of the Liénard equation
Physical Review E 56 #4 (1997) 3809 : more info.French journals (with refeering procedure):
Proceeding of international conferences (with refeering procedure):
- Aurélie Hourlier-Fargette et S. Neukirch
Une goutte, deux vitesses. La dynamique surprenante d'une goutte d'eau sur un élastomère silicone
Reflets de la physique 55 (Déc 2017) 15-17: more info.
- Etienne Guyon, S. Neukirch, et Benoît Roman
Rapprochement mécaniciens-physiciens
Reflets de la physique 17 (Déc 2009) 32-33: more info.
- S. Neukirch and Alain Goriely
La chiralité des protéines fibreuses : une affaire d'élasticité
Reflets de la physique 9 (Mai 2008) 11-13: more info.
- B. Audoly and S. Neukirch
Rupture des tiges en flexion
Mécanique et Industries 6 (2005) 365--368: more info.Proceeding of national conferences (with refeering procedure):
- S. Neukirch, Nicolas Clauvelin & Basile Audoly
Elastic and electrostatic model for DNA in rotation-extension experiments
Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Cellular, Molecular and Tissue Mechanics, Woods Hole, Mass., USA (2008), IUTAM Bookseries Vol. 16, Springer 2010: more info.
- Nicolas Clauvelin, S. Neukirch & Basile Audoly
Analytical Results For The Plectonemic Response Of Supercoiled DNA
Proceedings of the third International Conference on Multiscale Modeling, Freiburg (2006): more info.
- S. Neukirch & Alain Goriely
Twining Plants: How Thick Should their Supports Be?
Proceedings of the 5th Plant Biomechanics Conference, edited by Lennard Salmen, Stockholm, Sweden (2006): more info.
- Hector Giacomini & S. Neukirch
On the number of limit cycles of the Liénard equations
Proceedings of the Third Catalan Days on Applied Mathematics, edited by J. Chavarriga and J. Giné, Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs, Lleida, Spain (1996) : more info.
- R. Charrondière, F. Bertails-Descoubes, S. Neukirch
Modélisation numérique de rubans en éléments de haut degré
Compte-rendus du 14ème colloque national en calcul des structures (CSMA), Giens, 2019
and
Journées Françaises d'Informatique Graphique et de Réalité Virtuelle, JF.IG.RV, 2019 : more info.
- P. Grandgeorge, S. Neukirch, A. Antkowiak
Une fibre auxiliaire souple pour l’enroulement élasto-capillaire d’une fibre fonctionnelle dure
Compte-rendus de la 20ème rencontre du non-linéaire, Paris, 2017 : more info.
- A. Fargette, S. Neukirch, A. Antkowiak
Claquage élastocapillaire
Compte-rendus de la 17ème rencontre du non-linéaire, Paris, 2014 : more info.
- A. Fargette, S. Neukirch, A. Antkowiak
Structures élancées : sélection de forme par capillarité
Compte-rendus du 21ème congrès français de mécanique à Bordeaux, 2013 : more info.
- M. Rivetti, S. Neukirch, C. Josserand, B. Audoly, A. Antkowiak
Repliement élastocapillaire contrôlé par un impact de goutte
Compte-rendus de la 13ème rencontre du Non Linéaire à l'I.H.P., 2010 : more info.
- Nicolas Clauvelin, Basile Audoly, S. Neukirch
Contact au sein d'une tige élastique nouée
Compte-rendus du 19ème congrès français de mécanique à Marseille, 2009 : more info.
- Nicolas Clauvelin, Basile Audoly et S. Neukirch
Elasticité des noeuds
Compte-rendus de la 11ème rencontre du Non Linéaire à l'I.H.P., 2008 : more info.
- S. Neukirch, Benoît Roman, Benoît de Gaudemaris, and José Bico
Les poils perçants : un exemple de flambage capillaire
Compte-rendus du 18ème congrès français de mécanique au Domaine Universitaire de Grenoble, 2007 : more info.
- Basile Audoly & S. Neukirch
Rupture des tiges en flexion
Compte-rendus du 17ème congrès français de mécanique à l'Université de Technologie de Troyes, 2005 : more info.
- S. Neukirch & Basile Audoly
Dynamique et fragmentation de tiges fragiles : Pourquoi les spaghetti cassent en trois morceaux ?
Compte-rendus de la 8ème rencontre du Non Linéaire à l'I.H.P., 2005 : more info.
- S. Neukirch
Estimation de la rigidité de torsion de l'ADN
Compte-rendus de la 7ème rencontre du Non Linéaire à l'I.H.P., 2004 : more info.
- S. Neukirch & G. van der Heijden
La triple hélice : vers une mécanique du collagène
Compte-rendus de la 5ème rencontre du Non Linéaire à l'I.H.P., 2002 : more info.
- S. Neukirch, J.M.T. Thompson & G. van der Heijden
Filaments enroulés en paires torsadées : application aux plasmides d'A.D.N
Compte-rendus de la 4ème rencontre du Non Linéaire à l'I.H.P., 2001 : more info.
- S. Neukirch
Intégrabilité et attracteurs chaotiques
Compte-rendus de la 2ème rencontre du Non Linéaire à l'I.H.P., 1999 : more info.