{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": { "pycharm": { "name": "#%% md\n" } }, "source": [ "# PyElastica Tutorials\n", "\n", "We have developed a number of different Jupyter notebook tutorials to explain how to use Elastica to simulate Cosserat rods in a number of different cases. Thanks to BinderHub, you can run these tutorials in directly in your web browser without needing to first download and install PyElastica. \n", "\n", "We suggest beginning with the Timoshenko beam tutorial available [here](./1_Timoshenko_Beam.ipynb). It walks through how to set up and simulate a very simple Cossert rod model and explains the basics of how to use Elastica. \n", "\n", "\n", "After this, for a tutorial covering more complicated use cases of a single Cosserat rods, check out the slithering snake tutorial, available [here](./2_Slithering_Snake.ipynb). This tutorial covers a possible use case of Cosserat rods and shows how to post-process the simulation to get quantitative data about the system as well as visualize the output. \n", "\n", "