Numerical analysis of elastica with obstacle and adhesion effects

DOI10.1080/00036811.2017.1416100zbMATH Open1409.74016arXiv1604.03400OpenAlexW2964033807MaRDI QIDQ4628958FDOQ4628958

Authors: Tomoya Kemmochi 

Publication date: 25 March 2019

Published in: Applicable Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the numerical computation of a variational problem that arises from materials science. The target functional is a type of elastic energy that is influenced by obstacles and adhesion. Owing to its strong nonlinearity and discontinuity, the Euler-Lagrange equation is very complicated, and numerical computation of its critical points is difficult. In this paper, we discretize and regularize the target energy as a functional defined on a space of polygonal curves. Moreover, we develop convergence analysis for discrete minimizers in the framework of $Gamma$-convergence. We first show that the discrete energy functional $Gamma$-converges to the original one. Then, we establish the compactness property for the sequence of discrete minimizers. These two results allow us to extract a convergent subsequence from the discrete minimizers. We also present some numerical examples in the last section of the paper. Existence of singular local minimizers is suggested by numerical experiments.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03400

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zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergencefinite difference methodobstacle problemelasticaEuler's elastica energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Numerical approximation of solutions of equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G15)

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