Prediction of shapes of elastic rods with different natural curvatures suspended under their own weight is directly related to the different hairstyles found in human hair, from perfectly straight to very curly hair. Selected for an Editors' Suggestion.
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Shapes of a Suspended Curly HairJ. T. Miller, A. Lazarus, B. Audoly, and P. M. Reis
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 068103 (2014)
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