Variational limit of a one-dimensional discrete and statistically homogeneous system of material points
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instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 1031.74041
author: Oana Iosifescu
author: Christian Licht
author: G. Michaille
publication date: 2004-02-26T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74Q05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74R99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74G65
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49J45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49J55
zbMATH DE Number: 1713355
zbMATH Keywords: stochastic homogenization
zbMATH Keywords: fracture mechanics
zbMATH Keywords: subadditive ergodic processes
zbMATH Keywords: epiconvergence
zbMATH Keywords: functions of bounded variation
zbMATH Keywords: random nearest-neighbour interactions
zbMATH Keywords: deterministic energy
zbMATH Keywords: lattice
zbMATH Keywords: energy density functions
zbMATH Keywords: random energy density
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title: Variational limit of a one-dimensional discrete and statistically homogeneous system of material points
published in: Asymptotic Analysis
review text: The authors show that the energy of a discrete system of material points on a line and subjected to random nearest-neighbour interactions, almost surely converges in a variational sense to a deterministic energy defined on spaces of functions with bounded variation. These material points, in the reference configuration, occupy the points of the lattice \( \varepsilon Z, \varepsilon = {1 \over n} \), contained in the interval \([0,1]\).Their first result extends, in the context of statistical physics but for more specific energy density functions, the result of \textit{A. Braides, G. Dal Maso} and \textit{A. Garroni} [Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 146, 23-58 (1999; Zbl 0945.74006)]. Next, following the same procedure, the authors study a new discrete model for which the interaction between each pair of contigous points is described by a random energy density which is no longer assumed to be convex but which fulfils the same condition in the neighborhood of \( 0^{+}\). In this case, their result extends, for more specific density functions and in a stochastic setting, that of \textit{A. Brades} and \textit{M. S. Gelli} [Limits of discrete system without convexity hypotheses, Preprint SISSA, Triest (1999)].
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