Homogenization of edge-dislocations as a weak limit of de-Rham currents

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-42683-5_6zbMATH Open1445.74047arXiv1810.12359OpenAlexW2899360098MaRDI QIDQ3300568FDOQ3300568

Authors: Raz Kupferman, Elihu Olami 

Publication date: 29 July 2020

Published in: Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the material science literature we find two continuum models for crystalline defects: (i) A body with (finite) isolated defects is typically modeled as a Riemannian manifold with singularities, and (ii) a body with continuously distributed defects, which is modeled as a smooth (non-singular) Riemannian manifold with an additional structure of an affine connection. In this work we show how continuously distributed defects may be obtained as a limit of singular ones . The defect structure is represented by layering 1-forms and their singular counterparts - de-Rham (n-1) currents. We then show that every smooth layering $1$-form may be obtained as a limit, in the sense of currents, of singular layering forms, corresponding to arrays of edge dislocations. As a corollary, we investigated manifolds with full material structure, i.e., a complete co-frame for the co-tangent bundle. We define the notion of singular torsion current for manifolds with a parallel structure and prove its convergence to the regular smooth torsion tensor at homogenization limit. Thus establishing the so-called emergence of torsion at the homogenization limit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.12359

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zbMATH Keywords

1-formmaterial structuresingular torsion current

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

de Rham theory in global analysis (58A12) Micromechanical theories (74A60) Homogenization in equilibrium problems of solid mechanics (74Q05) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05)

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