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Sufficient conditions for the validity of the Cauchy-Born rule close to SO ( n )

Sergio ContiGeorg DolzmannBernd KirchheimStefan Müller — 2006

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

The Cauchy–Born rule provides a crucial link between continuum theories of elasticity and the atomistic nature of matter. In its strongest form it says that application of affine displacement boundary conditions to a monatomic crystal will lead to an affine deformation of the whole crystal lattice. We give a general condition in arbitrary dimensions which ensures the validity of the Cauchy–Born rule for boundary deformations which are close to rigid motions. This generalizes results of Friesecke...

A finite element scheme for the evolution of orientational order in fluid membranes

Sören BartelsGeorg DolzmannRicardo H. Nochetto — 2010

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

We investigate the evolution of an almost flat membrane driven by competition of the homogeneous, Frank, and bending energies as well as the coupling of the local order of the constituent molecules of the membrane to its curvature. We propose an alternative to the model in [J.B. Fournier and P. Galatoa, (1997) 1509–1520; N. Uchida, (2002) 040902] which replaces a Ginzburg-Landau penalization for the length of the order parameter by a rigid constraint. We introduce...

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