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Rank-one convexity implies polyconvexity in isotropic planar incompressible elasticity

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2016-09-07 v1

Abstract

We study convexity properties of energy functions in plane nonlinear elasticity of incompressible materials and show that rank-one convexity of an objective and isotropic elastic energy WW on the special linear group SL(2)\mathrm{SL}(2) implies the polyconvexity of WW.

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@article{arxiv.1609.01339,
  title  = {Rank-one convexity implies polyconvexity in isotropic planar incompressible elasticity},
  author = {Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba and Robert J. Martin and Patrizio Neff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.01339},
  year   = {2016}
}