Isotropy prohibits the loss of strong ellipticity through homogenization in linear elasticity

DOI10.1016/J.CRMA.2016.09.014zbMATH Open1348.74059arXiv1611.06885OpenAlexW2530577461MaRDI QIDQ338077FDOQ338077

Gilles A. Francfort, Antoine Gloria

Publication date: 3 November 2016

Published in: Comptes Rendus. Mathématique. Académie des Sciences, Paris (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Since the seminal contribution of Geymonat, M{"u}ller, and Triantafyllidis, it is known that strong ellipticity is not necessarily conserved by homogenization in linear elasticity. This phenomenon is typically related to microscopic buckling of the composite material. The present contribution is concerned with the interplay between isotropy and strong ellipticity in the framework of periodic homogenization in linear elasticity. Mixtures of two isotropic phases may indeed lead to loss of strong ellipticity when arranged in a laminate manner. We show that if a matrix/inclusion type mixture of isotropic phases produces macroscopic isotropy, then strong ellipticity cannot be lost. R{'e}sum{'e}. Nous savons depuis l'article fondateur de Geymonat, M{"u}ller et Triantafyl-lidis qu'en{'e}lasticit{'e}en{'e}lasticit{'e} lin{'e}aire l'homog{'e}n{'e}isation p{'e}riodique ne conserve pas n{'e}cessairement l'ellipticit{'e} forte. Ce ph{'e}nom{`e}ne est li{'e} au flambage microscopique des composites. Notre contribution consiste examiner le r{^o}le de l'isotropie dans ce type de pathologie. Le m{'e}lange de deux phases isotropes peut en effet conduir{`e} a cette perte si l'arrangement est celui d'un lamin{'e}. Nous montrons qu'en revanche, si un arrangement de type ma-trice/inclusion produit un tenseur homog{'e}n{'e}is{'e} isotrope, alors la forte ellipticit{'e} est con-serv{'e}e.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.06885

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Small-strain, rate-independent theories of plasticity (including rigid-plastic and elasto-plastic materials) (74C05)

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