A scheme for the passage from atomic to continuum theory for thin films, nanotubes and nanorods

DOI10.1016/S0022-5096(99)00091-5zbMath0984.74009MaRDI QIDQ1976966

Richard D. James, Gero Friesecke

Publication date: 14 May 2002

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

variational principle; asymptotic analysis; beams; Born-Oppenheimer approximation; Cosserat membrane theory; thin films; plates; columns; atomic level; atomic level energy; continuum level

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74K35: Thin films

74A60: Micromechanical theories

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