Shape selection in non-Euclidean plates

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2011.07.002zbMATH Open1419.74159arXiv1005.4442OpenAlexW2157267355MaRDI QIDQ651175FDOQ651175

Authors: John A. Gemmer, Shankar C. Venkataramani 

Publication date: 8 December 2011

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate isometric immersions of disks with constant negative curvature into $mathbb{R}^3$, and the minimizers for the bending energy, i.e. the $L^2$ norm of the principal curvatures over the class of $W^{2,2}$ isometric immersions. We show the existence of smooth immersions of arbitrarily large geodesic balls in $mathbb{H}^2$ into $mathbb{R}^3$. In elucidating the connection between these immersions and the non-existence/singularity results of Hilbert and Amsler, we obtain a lower bound for the $L^{i}nfty$ norm of the principal curvatures for such smooth isometric immersions. We also construct piecewise smooth isometric immersions that have a periodic profile, are globally $W^{2,2}$, and have a lower bending energy than their smooth counterparts. The number of periods in these configurations is set by the condition that the principal curvatures of the surface remain finite and grows approximately exponentially with the radius of the disc. We discuss the implications of our results on recent experiments on the mechanics of non-Euclidean plates.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.4442

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zbMATH Keywords

existencemorphogenesispattern formationhyperbolic surfaceminimal bending energysmooth isometric immersion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Plates (74K20)

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