TY - JOUR T1 - Coarse-grained models of materials with non-convex free-energy: two case studies JF - Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering , 193 (2004) 5129-5141 Y1 - 2004 A1 - Antonio DeSimone AB - Bridging across length scales is one of the fundamental challenges in the computational modelling of material systems whose mechanical response is driven by rough energy landscapes. The typical feature of such systems is that of exhibiting fine scale microstructures. Two case studies, namely, nematic elastomers and ferromagnetic shape memory alloys, are presented to illustrate the use of modern techniques from (non-convex) calculus of variations in developing coarse-grained models of microstructure-driven material response. PB - Elsevier UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/4884 U1 - 4664 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications U4 - -1 ER -