The lower quasiconvex envelope of the stored energy function for an elastic crystal (Q2639695)

The author studies minimization problems for integrals of the form \(E_{\Omega}(u):=\int_{\Omega}W(\nabla u(x))dx\), where \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb{R}}^ m\) is open and u: \(\Omega \to {\mathbb{R}}^ n\). Applying some general observations to the case when \(m=n\) and W is the stored-energy function of a homogeneous elastic material, she shows that in this case the \(W^{1,\infty}\)-quasiconvex envelope QW of W is rank 1-convex. For certain models of elastic crystals (having a ``large'' symmetry group) she deduces that \(QW(F)=h(\det F)\) for some function h. Related conclusions have been obtained by \textit{M. Chipot} and \textit{D. Kinderlehrer} [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 103, No.3, 237-277 (1988; Zbl 0673.73012)].