Linearized elasticity as \(\Gamma\)-limit of finite elasticity (Q1611760)

Linearized elastic energies are derived from rescaled nonlinear energies by means of \(\Gamma\)-convergence. For Dirichlet and mixed boundary value problems in a Lipschitz domain \(\Omega\), the convergence of minimizers takes place in the weak topology of \(H^1(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^n)\) and in the strong topology of \(W^{1,q}(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^n)\) for \(1\leq q<2\).