In this paper, we propose novel algorithms integrated projection-free techniques with accelerated gradient flows to minimize bending energies for nonlinear plates with non-convex metric constraints. We discuss the stability and constraint consistency in a semi-discrete setting for both bilayer and prestrained plates. The proposed algorithms exhibit substantial improvements in efficiency and accuracy compared to the current state-of-the-art methods based on gradient flows.
@article{arxiv.2402.12152,
title = {Accelerated gradient flows for large bending deformations of nonlinear plates},
author = {Guozhi Dong and Hailong Guo and Shuo Yang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.12152},
year = {2025}
}