Si dà una presentazione della formulazione delle equazioni di bilancio della Meccanica dei Continui tramite l'approccio insiemistico (flussi e interazioni di Cauchy) e quello distribuzionale (potenze virtuali), illustrando i progressi ottenuti nell'indebolimento delle ipotesi, fino a comprendere campi tensoriali a divergenza misura. Si mostra poi come l'approccio attraverso il Principio delle potenze virtuali permetta di individuare il tensore degli sforzi anche nel caso di un corpo continuo dotato...

3D-2D asymptotic analysis for thin structures rests on the mastery of scaled gradients $\left({\nabla }_{\alpha }{u}_{\epsilon }|\frac{1}{\epsilon }{\nabla }_3{u}_{\epsilon }\right)$ bounded in $L^p(\Omega ;{ℝ}^9),1\<p\<+\infty .$ Here it is shown that, up to a subsequence, $u_{\epsilon }$ may be decomposed as $w_{\epsilon }+z_{\epsilon },$ where $z_{\epsilon }$ carries all the concentration effects, i.e. $\left\{{\left|\left({\nabla }_{\alpha }{w}_{\epsilon }|\frac{1}{\epsilon }{\nabla }_3{w}_{\epsilon }\right)\right|}^p\right\}$ is equi-integrable, and $w_{\epsilon }$ captures the oscillatory behavior, i.e. $z_{\epsilon }\to 0$ in measure. In addition, if $\left\{u_{\epsilon }\right\}$ is a recovering sequence then $z_{\epsilon }=z_{\epsilon }\left(x_{\alpha }\right)$ nearby $\partial \Omega .$

3D-2D asymptotic analysis for thin structures rests on the mastery of scaled gradients $\left({\nabla }_{\alpha }{u}_{\epsilon }|\frac{1}{\epsilon }{\nabla }_3{u}_{\epsilon }\right)$ bounded in $L^p(\Omega ;{ℝ}^9),1<p<+\infty .$ Here it is shown that, up to a subsequence, $u_{\epsilon }$ may be decomposed as $w_{\epsilon }+z_{\epsilon },$ where $z_{\epsilon }$ carries all the concentration effects, i.e.$\left\{{\left|\left({\nabla }_{\alpha }{w}_{\epsilon }|\frac{1}{\epsilon }{\nabla }_3{w}_{\epsilon }\right)\right|}^p\right\}$ is equi-integrable, and $w_{\epsilon }$ captures the oscillatory behavior, i.e.$z_{\epsilon }\to 0$ in measure. In addition, if $\left\{u_{\epsilon }\right\}$ is a recovering sequence then $z_{\epsilon }=z_{\epsilon }\left(x_{\alpha }\right)$ nearby $\partial \Omega .$

We present equivalent conditions and asymptotic models for the diffraction problem of elastic and acoustic waves in a solid medium surrounded by a thin layer of fluid medium. Due to the thinness of the layer with respect to the wavelength, this problem is well suited for the notion of equivalent conditions and the effect of the fluid medium on the solid is as a first approximation local. We derive and validate equivalent conditions up to the fourth order for the elastic displacement. These conditions...

The paper deals with the analysis of generalized von Kármán equations which desribe stability of a thin circular viscoelastic clamped plate of constant thickness under a uniform compressible load which is applied along its edge and depends on a real parameter. The meaning of a solution of the mathematical problem is extended and various equivalent reformulations of the problem are considered. The structural pattern of the generalized von Kármán equations is analyzed from the point of view of nonlinear...

The Coupled Cluster (CC) method is a widely used and highly successful high precision method for the solution of the stationary electronic Schrödinger equation, with its practical convergence properties being similar to that of a corresponding Galerkin (CI) scheme. This behaviour has for the discrete CC method been analyzed with respect to the discrete Galerkin solution (the “full-CI-limit”) in [Schneider, 2009]. Recently, we globalized the CC formulation to the full continuous space, giving a root...

We prove error estimates for the ultra weak variational formulation (UWVF) in 3D linear elasticity. We show that the UWVF of Navier’s equation can be derived as an upwind discontinuous Galerkin method. Using this observation, error estimates are investigated applying techniques from the theory of discontinuous Galerkin methods. In particular, we derive a basic error estimate for the UWVF in a discontinuous Galerkin type norm and then an error estimate in the L2(Ω) norm in terms of the best approximation...

We prove error estimates for the ultra weak variational formulation (UWVF) in 3D linear elasticity. We show that the UWVF of Navier’s equation can be derived as an upwind discontinuous Galerkin method. Using this observation, error estimates are investigated applying techniques from the theory of discontinuous Galerkin methods. In particular, we derive a basic error estimate for the UWVF in a discontinuous Galerkin type norm and then an error estimate...

This paper deals with an initial and boundary value problem describing the quasistatic evolution of rate-type viscoplastic materials. Using a fixed point property, an iterative method in the study of this problem is proposed. A concrete algorithm as well as some numerical results in the one-dimensional case are also presented.

An adaptive strategy for nonlinear finite-element analysis, based on the combination of error estimation and h-remeshing, is presented. Its two main ingredients are a residual-type error estimator and an unstructured quadrilateral mesh generator. The error estimator is based on simple local computations over the elements and the so-called patches. In contrast to other residual estimators, no flux splitting is required. The adaptive strategy is illustrated by means of a complex nonlinear problem:...

In this work we prove that the thermoelastic equilibrium problem in the context of the linear theory for thermoelastic incompressible solids has one and only one solution.

Si considera il problema del mancato adattamento in campo dinamico per strutture elasto-plastiche incrudenti. Si dimostrano una condizione necessaria ed una sufficiente per il verificarsi di fenomeni di inadattamento (plasticità alternata o collasso incrementale) estendendo risultati precedenti ad un'ampia classe di modelli costitutivi a variabili interne in grado di rappresentare comportamenti incrudenti non lineari.

Nell'articolo si tratta il problema dell'adattamento in dinamica elasto-plastica. La trattazione è fondata sulle seguenti basi: si adotta un legame costitutivo elasto-plastico di notevole generalità, basato su di una formulazione a variabili interne in grado di descrivere un comportamento incrudente genericamente non lineare; si fa riferimento ad un modello strutturale discreto, descritto mediante variabili generalizzate. I contributi presentati si possono così riassumere: si estendono risultati...