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Second-order structured deformations: relaxation, integral representation and applications

Optimization and Control 2017-05-24 v1

Abstract

Second-order structured deformations of continua provide an extension of the multiscale geometry of first-order structured deformations by taking into account the effects of submacroscopic bending and curving. We derive here an integral representation for a relaxed energy functional in the setting of second-order structured deformations. Our derivation covers inhomogeneous initial energy densities (i.e., with explicit dependence on the position); finally, we provide explicit formulas for bulk relaxed energies as well as anticipated applications.

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@article{arxiv.1607.02311,
  title  = {Second-order structured deformations: relaxation, integral representation and applications},
  author = {Ana Cristina Barroso and José Matias and Marco Morandotti and David R. Owen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.02311},
  year   = {2017}
}

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35 pages, Preprint SISSA: 37/MATE/2016

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