The use in continuum mechanics of weak diffeomorphisms, Cartesian currents and curvature k-varifolds with boundary is discussed. The attention is focused on the analysis of the existence of minimizers for the energies of elastic complex bodies and bodies admitting cracks. The interplay between the analytical features and the physical needs is stressed.

Currents and curvature varifolds in continuum mechanics / Mariano Giaquinta; Paolo Maria Mariano; Giuseppe Modica; Domenico Mucci. - STAMPA. - (2010), pp. 97-117.

Currents and curvature varifolds in continuum mechanics

Paolo Maria Mariano
;
Giuseppe Modica;
2010

Abstract

The use in continuum mechanics of weak diffeomorphisms, Cartesian currents and curvature k-varifolds with boundary is discussed. The attention is focused on the analysis of the existence of minimizers for the energies of elastic complex bodies and bodies admitting cracks. The interplay between the analytical features and the physical needs is stressed.
2010
9780821849972
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Related Topics
97
117
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Mariano Giaquinta; Paolo Maria Mariano; Giuseppe Modica; Domenico Mucci
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