The transmission problem for the reduced Navier equation of classical elasticity, for an infinitely stratified scatterer, is studied. The existence and uniqueness of solutions is proved. Moreover, an integral representation of the solution is constructed, for both the near and the far field.
A new variational formulation of the linear elasticity problem with Neumann or periodic boundary conditions is presented. This formulation does not require any quotient spaces and is advisable for finite element approximations.
Boundary value problems for the system of linear elasticity with rapidly alternating boundary conditions are studied and asymptotic behavior of solutions is considered when a small parameter, which defines the oscillation of the boundary conditions, tends to zero. Estimates for the difference between such solutions and solutions of the limit problem are given.
In this paper the main problem of classical elastostatics with non absolutely continuous data is considered. Necessary and sufficient conditions under which the energy integral is finite are given.
An elastic simply supported beam of given volume and of constant width and length, fixed on an elastic base, is considered. The design variable is taken to be the thickness of the beam; its derivatives of the first order are bounded both above and below. The load consists of concentrated forces and moments, the weight of the beam and of the so called continuous load. The cost functional is either the -norm of the deflection curve or the -norm of the normal stress in the extemr fibre of the beam. Existence...