In this article, we present the port-Hamiltonian representation, the structure pre serving discretization and the resulting finite-dimensional state space model of one-dimensional filaments based on a mixed finite element formulation. Due to the fact that the equations of motion of a filamentous body are based on the theory of geometrically nonlinear mechanical systems, the port-Hamiltonian formulation is expressed by means of its co-energy (effort) variables. The resulting port-Hamiltonian state space model features a quadratic Hamiltonian and the nonlinearity is reflected in the state dependence of its interconnection matrix. Numerical experiments generated with FEniCS illustrate the properties of the resulting finite element models.      «

In this article, we present the port-Hamiltonian representation, the structure pre serving discretization and the resulting finite-dimensional state space model of one-dimensional filaments based on a mixed finite element formulation. Due to the fact that the equations of motion of a filamentous body are based on the theory of geometrically nonlinear mechanical systems, the port-Hamiltonian formulation is expressed by means of its co-energy (effort) variables. The resulting port-Hamiltonian stat...     »