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$L^p$-trace-free generalized Korn inequalities for incompatible tensor fields in three space dimensions

Analysis of PDEs 2021-10-14 v2

Abstract

For 1<p<1<p<\infty we prove an LpL^p-version of the generalized trace-free Korn inequality for incompatible tensor fields PP in W01,p(Curl;Ω,R3×3) W^{1,\,p}_0(\operatorname{Curl}; \Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3}). More precisely, let ΩR3\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^3 be a bounded Lipschitz domain. Then there exists a constant c>0c>0 such that PLp(Ω,R3×3)c(devsymPLp(Ω,R3×3)+devCurlPLp(Ω,R3×3)) \|{ P }\|_{L^p(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3})}\leq c\,\left(\|{\operatorname{dev} \operatorname{sym} P }\|_{L^p(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3})} + \|{ \operatorname{dev} \operatorname{Curl} P }\|_{L^p(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3})}\right) holds for all tensor fields PW01,p(Curl;Ω,R3×3)P\in W^{1,\,p}_0(\operatorname{Curl}; \Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3}), i.e., for all PW1,p(Curl;Ω,R3×3)P\in W^{1,\,p}(\operatorname{Curl}; \Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3}) with vanishing tangential trace P×ν=0 P\times \nu=0 on Ω \partial\Omega where ν\nu denotes the outward unit normal vector field to Ω\partial\Omega and devP:=P13tr(P)13\operatorname{dev} P := P -\frac13 \operatorname{tr}(P)\,\mathbb{1}_3 denotes the deviatoric (trace-free) part of PP. We also show the norm equivalence PLp(Ω,R3×3)+CurlPLp(Ω,R3×3)c(devsymPLp(Ω,R3×3)+devCurlPLp(Ω,R3×3)) \|{ P }\|_{L^p(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3})}+\|{\operatorname{Curl} P }\|_{L^p(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3})}\leq c\,\left(\|{\operatorname{dev} \operatorname{sym} P }\|_{L^p(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3})} + \|{ \operatorname{dev}\operatorname{Curl} P }\|_{L^p(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3})}\right) for tensor fields PW01,p(Curl;Ω,R3×3)P\in W^{1,\,p}_0(\operatorname{Curl}; \Omega,\mathbb{R}^{3\times3}). These estimates also hold true for tensor fields with vanishing tangential trace only on a relatively open (non-empty) subset ΓΩ\Gamma \subseteq \partial\Omega of the boundary.

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@article{arxiv.2004.05981,
  title  = {$L^p$-trace-free generalized Korn inequalities for incompatible tensor fields in three space dimensions},
  author = {Peter Lewintan and Patrizio Neff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.05981},
  year   = {2021}
}
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