Structure of extremals for one-dimensional variational problems arising in continuum mechanics (Q1918000)

In this paper, the structure of optimal solutions of the variational problem \[ \int^T_0 f(w(t),w'(t),w''(t))dt\to \min,\quad w\in A^T_{x,y}, \] is investigated, where \(T>0\), \((x,y)\in\mathbb{R}^2\), \[ A^T_{x,y}= \{v\in W^{2,1}([0,T]): x= (v(0),v'(0)), y=(v(T),v'(T))\}, \] \(W^{2,1}[(0,T)]\subset C^1\) is the Sobolev space of functions having second derivative and \(f\) belongs to a space of certain properties of functions. The main results of the paper are the proof of the existence of good configurations and the turnpike property of the integrand \(f\).