Attainment results for nematic elastomers

DOI10.1017/S0308210515000128zbMATH Open1327.74067arXiv1310.1794OpenAlexW2157079826WikidataQ59202118 ScholiaQ59202118MaRDI QIDQ3452138FDOQ3452138

Authors: Virginia Agostiniani, G. Dal Maso, Antonio DeSimone 

Publication date: 18 November 2015

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a class of non-quasiconvex frame indifferent energy densities which includes Ogden-type energy densities for nematic elastomers. For the corresponding geometrically linear problem we provide an explicit minimizer of the energy functional satisfying a nontrivial boundary condition. Other attainment results, both for the nonlinear and the linearized model, are obtained by using the theory of convex integration introduced by M"uller and Sver'ak in the context of crystalline solids.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.1794

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zbMATH Keywords

nematic elastomerssolenoidal fieldsconvex intergration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15) Nonlinear elasticity (74B20) Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Equations linearized about a deformed state (small deformations superposed on large) (74B15)

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