%0 Journal Article %J Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci. 18 (2008) 1-20 %D 2008 %T Relaxation of some transversally isotropic energies and applications to smectic A elastomers %A James Adams %A Sergio Conti %A Antonio DeSimone %A Georg Dolzmann %B Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci. 18 (2008) 1-20 %G en_US %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/1912 %1 2325 %2 Mathematics %3 Functional Analysis and Applications %$ Submitted by Andrea Wehrenfennig (andreaw@sissa.it) on 2007-02-02T14:15:25Z\\nNo. of bitstreams: 1\\nsma_Preprint_SISSA.pdf: 271875 bytes, checksum: eb0cf2c367021718506356a73bda219a (MD5) %R 10.1142/S0218202508002693 %0 Report %D 2007 %T Soft elasticity and microstructure in smectic C elastomers %A Antonio DeSimone %A James Adams %A Sergio Conti %X Smectic C elastomers are layered materials exhibiting a solid-like elastic response along the layer normal and a rubbery one in the plane. The set of strains minimizing the elastic energy contains a one-parameter family of simple stretches associated with an internal degree of freedom, coming from the in-plane component of the director. We investigate soft elasticity and the corresponding microstructure by determining the quasiconvex hull of the set , and use this to propose experimental tests that should make the predicted soft response observable. %B Contin. Mech. Thermodyn. 18 (2007) 319-334 %G en_US %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/1811 %1 2403 %2 Mathematics %3 Functional Analysis and Applications %$ Submitted by Andrea Wehrenfennig (andreaw@sissa.it) on 2006-04-12T09:42:24Z\\nNo. of bitstreams: 1\\nsissa05M-06.pdf: 394760 bytes, checksum: 95c4183d6cb1210bf2a689ae083a3cb7 (MD5) %R 10.1007/s00161-006-0031-8