Discrete-to-continuum limits for strain-alignment-coupled systems: magnetostrictive solids, ferroelectric crystals and nematic elastomers

DOI10.3934/NHM.2009.4.667MaRDI QIDQ2268227zbMATH OpenOpenAlexDBLPWikidataFDO

Authors Marco Cicalese, Caterina Ida Zeppieri, Antonio DeSimone

Publication date 10 March 2010

Published in Networks and Heterogeneous Media (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3934/nhm.2009.4.667

zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergencediscrete systemsferroelectric crystalslinear elasticityliquid crystalsmagnetostrictive solidsnematic elastomers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Discrete approximations in optimal control (49M25) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Classical linear elasticity (74B05) Liquid crystals (76A15) Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40) Statistical mechanics of ferroelectrics (82D45)

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