Derivation of the nonlinear bending-torsion theory for inextensible rods by \(\Gamma\)-convergence
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Derivation of the nonlinear bending-torsion theory for inextensible rods by \(\Gamma\)-convergence
zbMATH Open document ID: 1053.74027
author: Maria Giovanna Mora
author: Stefan Müller
published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
publication date: 2004-07-07T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \[ E^{(h)}(v)=\int_{\Omega_h}W(\nabla v(z))\,dz \] be the functional of elastic energy of a deformation \(v\in W^{1,2}(\Omega_h;\mathbb{R}^3)\), where \(\Omega_h=(0,L)\times hS\) and \(S\) is an open subset of \(\mathbb{R}^2\). After rescaling, one gets \(\frac{1}{h^2} E^{(h)}(v) = I^{(h)}(y)\) with \(y\in W^{1,2}(\Omega_h;\mathbb{R}^3)\), \(\Omega_h=(0,L)\times S\). As their main result, the authors identify, under certain assumptions, the \(\Gamma\)-limit [cf. \textit{G.~Dal Maso}, An introduction to \(\Gamma\)-convergence. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and their Applications 8, Basel: Birkhäuser (1993; Zbl 0816.49001)] of the sequence of functionals \(\{\frac{1}{h^2} I^{(h)}\}\) with respect to weak (and strong) topology of \(W^{1,2}\). Their result implies that the nonlinear bending-torsion theory for inextensible rods is the \(\Gamma\)-limit of three-dimensional nonlinear elasticity. Similar results have been achieved with like methods in recent papers by \textit{O. Pantz} [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 167, No. 3, 179--209 (2003; Zbl 1030.74031)].
reviewed by: Rudolf Kodnár
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74K10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74G65
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35B27
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49J45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74B20
zbMATH DE Number: 2078241
zbMATH Keywords: string theory
zbMATH Keywords: energy functional
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s00526-003-0204-2
OpenAlex ID: W2008164074
DOI: 10.1007/S00526-003-0204-2
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2078241