Title:         Convergence of a Second-Order Scheme for the 
               Nonlinear Dynamical Equations of Elastic Rods

Authors:       Richard S. Falk and Jian-Ming Xu

Source:        SIAM J. Numer. Anal., Vol. 32, Number 4, 1995, pp. 1185-1209

Status:        Published

Abstract:      A second-order, energy-preserving, finite
difference scheme to approximate the partial differential
equations governing planar, twist-free motions of inextensible,
unshearable elastic rods is presented and analyzed. 

Keywords:      Energy-preserving, second-order, dynamics of rods

Subj. class.:  35L70, 35Q72, 65M15, 73K05