On the theory of relaxation in nonlinear elasticity with constraints on the determinant

DOI10.1007/S00205-014-0835-9zbMATH Open1323.49010arXiv1403.5779OpenAlexW3105418936WikidataQ59965831 ScholiaQ59965831MaRDI QIDQ2354686FDOQ2354686

Authors: Sergio Conti, Georg Dolzmann 

Publication date: 20 July 2015

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider vectorial variational problems in nonlinear elasticity of the form $I[u]=intW(Du)dx$, where $W$ is continuous on matrices with positive determinant and diverges to infinity long sequences of matrices whose determinant is positive and tends to zero. We show that, under suitable growth assumptions, the functional $int{W}^{qc}(Du)dx$ is an upper bound on the relaxation of $I$, and coincides with the relaxation if the quasiconvex envelope $W^{qc}$ of $W$ is polyconvex and has $p$-growth from below with $pgen$. This includes several physically relevant examples. We also show how a constraint of incompressibility can be incorporated in our results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.5779

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zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear elasticityrelaxationquasiconvex envelopevectorial variational problems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Nonlinear elasticity (74B20)

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