Injectivity in second-gradient Nonlinear Elasticity

Abstract: We study injectivity for models of Nonlinear Elasticity that involve the second gradient. We assume that

O m e g a s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{n}

is a domain,

f i n W^{2, q} (O m e g a, m a t h b b R^{n})

satisfies

| J_{f} |^{- a} i n L^{1}

and that

f

equals a given homeomorphism on

p a r t i a l O m e g a

. Under suitable conditions on

q

and

a

we show that

f

must be a homeomorphism. As a main new tool we find an optimal condition for

a

and

q

that imply that

m a t h c a l H^{n - 1} (J_{f} = 0) = 0

and hence

J_{f}

cannot change sign. We further specify in dependence of

q

and

a

the maximal Hausdorff dimension

d

of the critical set

J_{f} = 0

. The sharpness of our conditions for

d

is demonstrated by constructing respective counterexamples.

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