New analytical laws and applications of interaction potentials with a focus on van der Waals attraction

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Applied Mathematical Modelling Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI:10.1016/j.apm.2025.116100

A. Borković , M.H. Gfrerer , R.A. Sauer

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The paper aims to improve the efficiency of modeling interactions between slender deformable bodies that resemble the shape of fibers. Interaction potentials are modeled as inverse-power laws with respect to the point-pair distance, and the complete body-body potential is obtained by pairwise summation (integration). To speed-up integration, we consider the analytical pre-integration of potentials between specific geometries such as disks, cylinders, rectangles, and rectangular prisms. Several exact new interaction laws are obtained, such as disk-infinite half-space and (in-plane) rectangle-rectangle for an arbitrary exponent, and disk-disk and rectangle-rectangle for van der Waals attraction. To balance efficiency and accuracy, approximate laws are proposed for disk-disk, point-cylinder, and disk-cylinder interactions. Additionally, we have developed a novel formulation for the interaction between a spatial beam and an infinite half-space. The application of the pre-integrated interaction potentials within the finite element method is illustrated via two examples.

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Applied Mathematical Modelling 数学-工程：综合

CiteScore

9.80

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8.00%

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508

审稿时长

43 days

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