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...

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....

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...

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...

Si considerano due spazi $S_{\mu }$ e $S_{\nu }^{\ast }$, Riemanniani e a metrica eventualmente indefinita, riferiti a sistemi di co-ordinate $\mathrm{\varnothing }$ e ${\mathrm{\varnothing }}_{\nu }^{\ast }$; e inoltre un doppio tensore $T_{\mathrm{\cdots }}^{\mathrm{\cdots }}$ associato ai punti ${\mathrm{\varnothing }}^{-1}(x)\in S_{\mu }$ e ${\mathrm{\varnothing }}^{\ast -1}(y)\in S^{\ast }$. Si pensa $T_{\mathrm{\cdots }}^{\mathrm{\cdots }}$ dato da una funzione ${\tilde{T}}_{\mathrm{\cdots }}^{\mathrm{\cdots }}$ di $m$ altri tali doppi tensori e di variabili puntuali $x(\in {\mathrm{\Re }}^{\mu })$, $t\in \mathrm{\Re }$ e $y(\in {\mathrm{\Re }}^{\nu })$; poi si considera la funzione composta $${\widehat{T}}_{\mathrm{\cdots }}^{\mathrm{\cdots }}(x,t,y)={\tilde{T}}_{\mathrm{\cdots }}^{\mathrm{\cdots }}[\underset{1,\mathrm{\dots },m}{\underbrace{{\breve{H}}_{\mathrm{\cdots }}^{\mathrm{\cdots }}(x,t,y),\mathrm{\dots },{\breve{H}}_{\mathrm{\cdots }}^{\mathrm{\cdots }}(x,t,y)}},x,t,y].$$ Nella Parte I si scrivono due regole per eseguire la derivazione totale di questa, connessa con una mappa $\widehat{ℰ}$

As a measure of deformation we can take the difference $D\overrightarrow{\phi }-R$, where $D\overrightarrow{\phi }$ is the deformation gradient of the mapping $\overrightarrow{\phi }$ and $R$ is the deformation gradient of the mapping $\overrightarrow{\gamma }$, which represents some proper rigid motion. In this article, the norm $\parallel D\overrightarrow{\phi }{-R\parallel }_{L^p\left(\Omega \right)}$ is estimated by means of the scalar measure $e\left(\overrightarrow{\phi }\right)$ of nonlinear strain. First, the estimates are given for a deformation $\overrightarrow{\phi }\in W^{1,p}\left(\Omega \right)$ satisfying the condition $\overrightarrow{\phi }{|}_{\partial \Omega }=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{id}}$. Then we deduce the estimate in the case that $\overrightarrow{\phi }\left(x\right)$ is a bi-Lipschitzian deformation and $\overrightarrow{\phi }{|}_{\partial \Omega }\ne \overrightarrow{\mathrm{id}}$.

The paper is concerned with the application of the space-time discontinuous Galerkin method (STDGM) to the numerical solution of the interaction of a compressible flow and an elastic structure. The flow is described by the system of compressible Navier-Stokes equations written in the conservative form. They are coupled with the dynamic elasticity system of equations describing the deformation of the elastic body, induced by the aerodynamical force on the interface between the gas and the elastic...

A justification of heterogeneous membrane models as zero-thickness limits of a cylindral three-dimensional heterogeneous nonlinear hyperelastic body is proposed in the spirit of Le Dret (1995). Specific characterizations of the 2D elastic energy are produced. As a generalization of Bouchitté et al. (2002), the case where external loads induce a density of bending moment that produces a Cosserat vector field is also investigated. Throughout, the 3D-2D dimensional reduction is viewed as a problem...

A justification of heterogeneous membrane models as zero-thickness limits of a cylindral three-dimensional heterogeneous nonlinear hyperelastic body is proposed in the spirit of Le Dret (1995). Specific characterizations of the 2D elastic energy are produced. As a generalization of Bouchitté et al. (2002), the case where external loads induce a density of bending moment that produces a Cosserat vector field is also investigated. Throughout, the 3D-2D dimensional reduction is viewed as a problem...

We consider a dynamical one-dimensional nonlinear von Kármán model for beams depending on a parameter $\epsilon \>0$ and study its asymptotic behavior for $t$ large, as $\epsilon \to 0$. Introducing appropriate damping mechanisms we show that the energy of solutions of the corresponding damped models decay exponentially uniformly with respect to the parameter $\epsilon$. In order for this to be true the damping mechanism has to have the appropriate scale with respect to $\epsilon$. In the limit as $\epsilon \to 0$ we obtain damped Berger–Timoshenko beam models...

We consider a dynamical one-dimensional nonlinear von Kármán model for beams depending on a parameter ε > 0 and study its asymptotic behavior for t large, as ε → 0. Introducing appropriate damping mechanisms we show that the energy of solutions of the corresponding damped models decay exponentially uniformly with respect to the parameter ε. In order for this to be true the damping mechanism has to have the appropriate scale with respect to ε. In the limit as ε → 0 we obtain damped Berger–Timoshenko...

The Cauchy–Born rule provides a crucial link between continuum theories of elasticity and the atomistic nature of matter. In its strongest form it says that application of affine displacement boundary conditions to a monatomic crystal will lead to an affine deformation of the whole crystal lattice. We give a general condition in arbitrary dimensions which ensures the validity of the Cauchy–Born rule for boundary deformations which are close to rigid motions. This generalizes results of Friesecke...