3D fibre simulations

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1. Symmetric initial conditions:
   Initially symmetric fibres maintain their symmetry throughout their motion. Depending on flexibility, the fibre may rotate as a rigid body, or deform into a more complicated shape. Two examples are below:
   • rigid fibre (with periodic images shown)
   • S-turn (with larger aspect ratio and lower flexibility)
     [ side | in-plane | top | markers ]
     

2. Asymmetric initial conditions:
   When the initial conditions have some asymmetry, then the observed fibre motions usually fall under the classification of snake orbits.
   • snake orbit [ oblique view ]
   • another snake orbit [ side | in-plane | top | oblique, with markers ]