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Relaxed hyperelastic curves

Ahmet Yücesan, Gözde Özkan, Yasemín Yay (2011)

Annales Polonici Mathematici

We define relaxed hyperelastic curve, which is a generalization of relaxed elastic lines, on an oriented surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space E³, and we derive the intrinsic equations for a relaxed hyperelastic curve on a surface. Then, by examining relaxed hyperelastic curves in a plane, on a sphere and on a cylinder, we show that geodesics are relaxed hyperelastic curves in a plane and on a sphere. But on a cylinder, they are relaxed hyperelastic curves only in special cases.

Reliable solutions of problems in the deformation theory of plasticity with respect to uncertain material function

Ivan Hlaváček (1996)

Applications of Mathematics

Maximization problems are formulated for a class of quasistatic problems in the deformation theory of plasticity with respect to an uncertainty in the material function. Approximate problems are introduced on the basis of cubic Hermite splines and finite elements. The solvability of both continuous and approximate problems is proved and some convergence analysis presented.

Remarks on materials with memory

Victor Mizel (1992)

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni

The mistaken notion that consistency with fading memory should require uniqueness is refuted by citation of the sources. Indeed, insistence on uniqueness would exclude many examples from non-linear elasticity and would exclude materials capable of exhibiting hysteresis.

Remarks on the theory of elasticity

Sergio Conti, Camillo de Lellis (2003)

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze

In compressible Neohookean elasticity one minimizes functionals which are composed by the sum of the L 2 norm of the deformation gradient and a nonlinear function of the determinant of the gradient. Non–interpenetrability of matter is then represented by additional invertibility conditions. An existence theory which includes a precise notion of invertibility and allows for cavitation was formulated by Müller and Spector in 1995. It applies, however, only if some L p -norm of the gradient with p > 2 is controlled...

Scaling laws for non-euclidean plates and the W 2 , 2 isometric immersions of riemannian metrics

Marta Lewicka, Mohammad Reza Pakzad (2011)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

Recall that a smooth Riemannian metric on a simply connected domain can be realized as the pull-back metric of an orientation preserving deformation if and only if the associated Riemann curvature tensor vanishes identically. When this condition fails, one seeks a deformation yielding the closest metric realization. We set up a variational formulation of this problem by introducing the non-Euclidean version of the nonlinear elasticity functional, and establish its Γ-convergence under the proper...

Scaling laws for non-Euclidean plates and the W2,2 isometric immersions of Riemannian metrics

Marta Lewicka, Mohammad Reza Pakzad (2011)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

Recall that a smooth Riemannian metric on a simply connected domain can be realized as the pull-back metric of an orientation preserving deformation if and only if the associated Riemann curvature tensor vanishes identically. When this condition fails, one seeks a deformation yielding the closest metric realization. We set up a variational formulation of this problem by introducing the non-Euclidean version of the nonlinear elasticity functional, and establish its Γ-convergence under the proper scaling....

Sensitivity analysis of a nonlinear obstacle plate problem

Isabel N. Figueiredo, Carlos F. Leal (2002)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

We analyse the sensitivity of the solution of a nonlinear obstacle plate problem, with respect to small perturbations of the middle plane of the plate. This analysis, which generalizes the results of [9, 10] for the linear case, is done by application of an abstract variational result [6], where the sensitivity of parameterized variational inequalities in Banach spaces, without uniqueness of solution, is quantified in terms of a generalized derivative, that is the proto-derivative. We prove that...

Sensitivity Analysis of a Nonlinear Obstacle Plate Problem

Isabel N. Figueiredo, Carlos F. Leal (2010)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

We analyse the sensitivity of the solution of a nonlinear obstacle plate problem, with respect to small perturbations of the middle plane of the plate. This analysis, which generalizes the results of [9,10] for the linear case, is done by application of an abstract variational result [6], where the sensitivity of parameterized variational inequalities in Banach spaces, without uniqueness of solution, is quantified in terms of a generalized derivative, that is the proto-derivative. We prove that...

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