Euler-Kirchhoff filaments are solutions of the static Kirchhoff equations for elastic rods with circular cross-sections. These equations are known to be formally equivalent to the Euler equations for spinning tops. This equivalence is used to provide a classification of the different shapes a filament can assume. Explicit formulas for the different possible configurations and specific results f...

A generalized Kowalevski Hamiltonian and new integrable cases on e(3) and so(4). 1 A new integrable case for the Kirchhoff equation. The Kirchhoff equations (see for example [1]) for the motion of a rigid body in an ideal fluid read as follows M t = M × ∂H ∂M + Γ × ∂H ∂Γ , Γ t = Γ × ∂H ∂M ,

Abstract In this article, we study the following general Kirchhoff type equation: ? M ? R 3 ? ? u <m:mn...