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The circle-line approximation for planar rods. The curvature of an equilibrium rod shape (cn function), Eq. 17, is approximated by a periodic sequence of step functions. The latter corresponds to an approximation of the rod shape by a sequence of straight lines (κ = 0) and circles (κ = const.) glued together in a smooth manner (continuous tangents).
