Effective medium theory for second-gradient elasticity with chirality

MaRDI QIDQ6389878zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Grigor Nika, Adrian Muntean

Publication date 1 February 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homogenization in context of PDEs; PDEs in media with periodic structure (35B27) Systems of linear higher-order PDEs (35G35) Boundary value problems for systems of linear higher-order PDEs (35G45) Boundary value problems for higher-order elliptic systems (35J58) PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Nonlinear elasticity (74B20) Homogenization in equilibrium problems of solid mechanics (74Q05)

Abstract: We derive effective, parsimonious models from a heterogeneous second-gradient nonlinear elastic material taking into account chiral scale-size effects. Our classification of the effective equations depends on the hierarchy of four characteristic lengths: The size of the heterogeneities $ell$, the intrinsic lengths of the constituents $el{l}_{mSG}$ and $el{l}_{mchiral}$, and the overall characteristic length of the domain $mL$. Depending on the different scale interactions between $el{l}_{mSG}$, $el{l}_{mchiral}$, $ell$, and $mL$ we obtain either an effective Cauchy continuum or an effective second-gradient continuum. The working technique combines scaling arguments with the periodic homogenization asymptotic procedure. Both the passage to the homogenization limit and the unveiling of the correctors' structure rely on a suitable use of the periodic unfolding and related operators.

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