In this paper we deal with the energy functionals for the elastic thin film ω ⊂ ℝ² involving the bending moments. The effective energy functional is obtained by Γ-convergence and 3D-2D dimension reduction techniques. Then we prove the existence of minimizers of the film energy functional. These results are proved in the case when the energy density function has the growth prescribed by an Orlicz convex function M. Here M is assumed to be non-power-growth-type and to satisfy the conditions Δ₂ and...

In this paper we consider an elastic thin film ω ⊂ ℝ² with the bending moment depending also on the third thickness variable. The effective energy functional defined on the Orlicz-Sobolev space over ω is described by Γ-convergence and 3D-2D dimension reduction techniques. Then we prove the existence of minimizers of the film energy functional. These results are proved in the case when the energy density function has the growth prescribed by an Orlicz convex function M. Here M is assumed to be non-power-growth-type...

Motivated by recent experiments on the electro-hydrodynamic instability of spin-cast polymer films, we study the undulation instability of a thin viscoelastic polymer film under in-plane stress and in the presence of either a close by contactor or an electric field, both inducing a normal stress on the film surface. We find that the in-plane stress affects both the typical timescale of the instability and the unstable wavelengths. The film stability...

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 $\partial \Omega .$

This paper is devoted to Eulerian models for incompressible fluid-structure systems. These models are primarily derived for computational purposes as they allow to simulate in a rather straightforward way complex 3D systems. We first analyze the level set model of immersed membranes proposed in [Cottet and Maitre, Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci.16 (2006) 415–438]. We in particular show that this model can be interpreted as a generalization of so-called Korteweg fluids. We then extend this model...

In this work we study the existence, uniqueness and decay of solutions to a class of viscoelastic equations in a separable Hilbert space $H$given by $$\begin{array}{c}{u}_{tt}+M\left(\left[u\right]\right)Au-{\int }_0^{t}g(t-\tau )N\left(\left[u\right]\right)Aud\tau =0,\text{in}{L}^2(0,T;H)\\ u\left(0\right)=u_0,u_t\left(0\right)=u_1\end{array}$$ where by$\left[u\left(t\right)\right]$we are denoting $$\left[u\left(t\right)\right]=\left((u\left(t\right),u_t\left(t\right),(Au\left(t\right),u_t\left(t\right)),\parallel A^{\frac{1}{2}}u\left(t\right){\parallel }^2,\parallel A^{\frac{1}{2}}{u}_t\left(t\right){\parallel }^2,\parallel Au\left(t\right){\parallel }^2\right)\in {ℝ}^5$$$ A : D ⁢... Existence and uniqueness for the three-dimensional thermoelasticity system in shape memory problems Irena Pawłow, Antoni Żochowski (2003) Banach Center Publications A thermodynamically consistent model of shape memory alloys in three dimensions is studied. The thermoelasticity system, based on the strain tensor, its gradient and the absolute temperature, generalizes the well-known one-dimensional Falk model. Under simplifying structural assumptions we prove global in time existence and uniqueness of the solution. Existence and uniqueness of solutions for a three-dimensional thermoelastic system [Book] Irena Pawłow, Antoni Żochowski (2002) Existence of a solution for a nonlinearly elastic plane membrane “under tension” Daniel Coutand (1999) ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique Existence of a solution for a nonlinearly elastic plane membrane “under tension” Daniel Coutand (2010) ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis A justification of the two-dimensional nonlinear “membrane” equations for a plate made of a Saint Venant-Kirchhoff material has been given by Fox et al. [9] by means of the method of formal asymptotic expansions applied to the three-dimensional equations of nonlinear elasticity. This model, which retains the material-frame indifference of the original three dimensional problem in the sense that its energy density is invariant under the rotations of ℝ 3 , is equivalent to finding the critical points... Existence of Lipschitz minimizers for the three-well problem in solid-solid phase transitions Sergio Conti, Georg Dolzmann, Bernd Kirchheim (2007) Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire Existence of solutions for degenerate sweeping processes. Kunze, M., Monteiro Marques, Manuel D.P. (1997) Journal of Convex Analysis Extended irreversible thermodynamics in hypoelasticity Sebastiano Giambò, Annunziata Palumbo (1988) Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni The constitutive equations of rate type for a class of thermo-hypo-elastic materials are derived within the framework of the extended irreversible thermodynamics. Currently displaying 1 – 16 of 16 Page 1 $