A Polyconvex Integrand; Euler-Lagrange Equations and Uniqueness of Equilibrium

作者:Awi Romeo*; Gangbo Wilfrid
来源:Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 2014, 214(1): 143-182.
DOI:10.1007/s00205-014-0754-9

摘要

In this manuscript we are interested in stored energy functionals W defined on the set of d x d matrices, which not only fail to be convex but satisfy We initiate a study which we hope will lead to a theory for the existence and uniqueness of minimizers of functionals of the form , as well as their Euler-Lagrange equations. The techniques developed here can be applied to a class of functionals larger than those considered in this manuscript, although we keep our focus on polyconvex stored energy functionals of the form - such that - which appear in the study of Ogden material. We present a collection of perturbed and relaxed problems for which we prove uniqueness results. Then, we characterize these minimizers by their Euler-Lagrange equations.

  • 出版日期2014-10