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Analysis of a one-dimensional variational model of the equilibrium shapel of a deformable crystal

Eric Bonnetier, Richard S. Falk, Michael A. Grinfeld (2010)

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

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The equilibrium configurations of a one-dimensional variational model that combines terms expressing the bulk energy of a deformable crystal and its surface energy are studied. After elimination of the displacement, the problem reduces to the minimization of a nonconvex and nonlocal functional of a single function, the thickness. Depending on a parameter which strengthens one of the terms comprising the energy at the expense of the other, it is shown that this functional may have a...

Abstract variational problems with volume constraints

Marc Oliver Rieger (2010)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

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Existence results for a class of one-dimensional abstract variational problems with volume constraints are established. The main assumptions on their energy are additivity, translation invariance and solvability of a transition problem. These general results yield existence results for nonconvex problems. A counterexample shows that a naive extension to higher dimensional situations in general fails.