STRAIN-ORDER COUPLING IN NEMATIC ELASTOMERS: EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATIONS
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Publication:3635944
DOI10.1142/S0218202509003541zbMath1165.49014WikidataQ59202235 ScholiaQ59202235MaRDI QIDQ3635944
Pierluigi Cesana, Antonio De Simone
Publication date: 30 June 2009
Published in: Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)
Classical linear elasticity (74B05) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)
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