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For planar director kinematics of a rod measured in reference arc length $S$, define the signed bending strain by $d{\mathbf{d}}_3/dS=u{\mathbf{d}}_1$. If $s$ is current arc length and $\alpha =ds/dS>0$ is the stretch ratio, the signed spatial curvature is $u/\alpha$: the chain rule gives $d{\mathbf{d}}_3/ds=(u/\alpha ){\mathbf{d}}_1$. Thus bending strain and spatial curvature coincide for an inextensible rod, but differ in general. An intrinsic value $\hat{u}$ is the preferred reference-length bending strain in an energy density $B(u-\hat{u}{)}^2/2$ per unit reference length.

The area of a planar section through a body. A homogeneous diagonal deformation with transverse stretch ratios ${\lambda }_1$ and ${\lambda }_2$ changes the area of a transverse section from ${\mathcal{A}}_0$ to $\mathcal{A}={\lambda }_1{\lambda }_2{\mathcal{A}}_0$. Cauchy stress tensor components use current cross-sectional area, whereas nominal tractions use reference cross-sectional area.

An inextensible rod preserves material arc length, so its stretch ratio is one. In an unshearable elastic rod, $d\mathbf{r}/dS={\mathbf{d}}_3$ for reference arc length $S$.

The first term is the bending energy of rod 1, whose preferred bending strain of a rod is zero. The second is the bending energy of rod 2 relative to its preferred intrinsic curvature of an elastic filament $\hat{u}$. The third is its stretching energy, with stretching stiffness $k{B}_2$ and stress-free stretch ratio ${\alpha }^{+}=1$. Each term is an energy per unit reference arc length before integration.

Substitute $u^{+}=u$ and ${\alpha }^{+}-1=-au$. The resulting quadratic function of $u$ has densityThere are no derivatives of $u$ or imposed end constraints in this minimum potential energy principle in elasticity. Sincethe unique pointwise minimizer is also the constant global minimizer:For example, completing the square giveswhich also proves uniqueness, up to equality almost everywhere, without merely assuming a uniform curvature.

With $k$, $a$ and $\hat{u}$ fixed, the two limits areIn the first limit, rod 1 dominates the bending energy and suppresses the bend. In the second, rod 1 offers negligible bending resistance, but following rod 2's preferred bending strain of a rod still shortens rod 2 through the bonded geometry. The competition between its bending energy and stretching energy leaves $u_{\ast }<\hat{u}$ when $\hat{u}>0$ and $k{a}^2>0$. Only when that stretching penalty also vanishes does $u_{\ast }\to \hat{u}$.

These formulae describe an admissible bonded elastic rod provided $1-a{u}_{\ast }>0$. If parameters instead force $a{u}_{\ast }\ge 1$, the unconstrained quadratic minimizer is outside the kinematic regime of the model; the given energy does not itself enforce positive stretch ratio.

Take $s=\sigma$ up to an irrelevant additive constant, $r=a$ constant, $z=z_0-\sigma$, and $\theta =\pi /2$. These satisfy the geometric relations and give the principal stretchesThe constitutive equations therefore produce constant membrane tensionsThe tangential mechanical equilibrium equations hold automatically, while the normal equation reduces toEvery positive root of this algebraic equation provides a cylindrical solution with no axial stretch ratio change. There is no further constraint on $t_s$ in the interior equations when end boundary conditions are discarded. In particular, a closed-end pressure balance would impose additional axial loading data that are absent here. Existence of a positive root for an arbitrary specified $P$ depends on the given constitutive equation.

The kinematic relation is unchanged: $\alpha =1$ before contact and $\alpha =\lambda /(1+ct)$ afterwards. Therefore the nonlinear constitutive equation givesThe first term in the post-contact expression is $O(t^{-2})$. Hence its asymptotic expansion isIn this model the compressive axial stress diverges in magnitude, because the $-{\alpha }^{-1}$ term penalizes vanishing elastic stretch ratio without bound.

Before contact with both walls, the elastic rod can grow freely, so its elastic stretch ratio is $\alpha =1$ and its length is its stress-free grown length,The first contact occurs when $\ell (t_c)=L_1$. For the intended growth case $c>0$,The condition $L_1>L_0$ ensures $t_c>0$. If $c=0$, contact never occurs; negative $c$ describes shrinkage rather than the stated continuing growth.

The part of elastic energy associated with a change of material length. A simple quadratic constitutive equation assigns energy density $C(\alpha -1{)}^2/2$ per reference arc length, where $C>0$ is stretching stiffness and $\alpha$ is the stretch ratio. Such a small-strain model need not remain realistic as $\alpha \to 0$.

The ratio of current to reference lengths of an infinitesimal material line element. Along an elastic rod, it is $\alpha =ds/dS=|d\mathbf{r}/dS|>0$. A principal stretch is a stretch ratio along a principal direction of the stretch tensor.