Nematic Elastomers: Gamma-Limits for Large Bodies and Small Particles

DOI10.1137/100795619zbMath1233.82046OpenAlexW2054622866MaRDI QIDQ3116287

Pierluigi Cesana

Publication date: 22 February 2012

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11824/597

zbMATH Keywords

linearized elasticitygamma-convergencenematic liquid crystal elastomers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical linear elasticity (74B05) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Variational principles of physics (49S05)

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