Agostiniani, V, Blass, T and Koumatos, K (2014) From nonlinear to linearized elasticity via Γ-convergence: the case of multiwell energies satisfying weak coercivity conditions. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 25 (1). pp. 1-38. ISSN 0218-2025

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Abstract

Linearized elasticity models are derived, via Γ-convergence, from suitably rescaled non- linear energies when the corresponding energy densities have a multiwell structure and satisfy a weak coercivity condition, in the sense that the typical quadratic bound from below is replaced by a weaker p bound, 1 < p < 2, away from the wells. This study is motivated by, and our results are applied to, energies arising in the modeling of nematic elastomers.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Mathematics
Research Centres and Groups:	Analysis and Partial Differential Equations Research Group
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA0299 Analysis. Including analytical methods connected with physical problems
Depositing User:	Konstantinos Koumatos
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2017 15:30
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2019 23:50
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/66426

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