Relaxation of multiwell energies in linearized elasticity and applications to nematic elastomers

DOI10.1007/s00205-009-0283-0zbMath1388.74009OpenAlexW2105361349MaRDI QIDQ717156

Pierluigi Cesana

Publication date: 27 September 2011

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-009-0283-0

zbMATH Keywords

Frank modelfree-energy functionalrelaxed energy densitysolenoidal quasiconvexification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Equations linearized about a deformed state (small deformations superposed on large) (74B15)

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