Soft elastic response of stretched sheets of nematic elastomers: A numerical study
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Publication:1612670
DOI10.1016/S0022-5096(01)00120-XzbMath1030.76006WikidataQ59202365 ScholiaQ59202365MaRDI QIDQ1612670
Georg Dolzmann, Sergio Conti, Antonio De Simone
Publication date: 25 August 2002
Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)
finite elementsmicrostructureenergy methodsnematic elastomersquasiconvexificationnematic phasecritical stretchmacroscopic effective energymicroscopic energynematic directorrandom isotropic phasesoft deformation modessymmetry-breaking phase transformation
Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10)
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