A variational characterization of a hyperelastic rod with hard self-contact

DOI10.1016/j.na.2011.05.022zbMath1402.74064OpenAlexW1984655879MaRDI QIDQ555059

Kathleen A. Hoffman, Thomas I. Seidman

Publication date: 22 July 2011

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.na.2011.05.022

zbMATH Keywords

elastic rodhomotopy classnon-smooth optimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Existence theories for free problems in one independent variable (49J05) Optimality conditions for free problems in one independent variable (49K05)

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