The Passage from Discrete to Continuous Variational Problems: a Nonlinear Homogenization Process

DOI10.1007/1-4020-2623-4_3zbMath1320.74090OpenAlexW1534335684MaRDI QIDQ2943863

Maria Stella Gelli, Andrea Braides

Publication date: 7 September 2015

Published in: Nonlinear Homogenization and its Applications to Composites, Polycrystals and Smart Materials (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2623-4_3

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Homogenization in equilibrium problems of solid mechanics (74Q05)

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