TY - JOUR T1 - Convergence of equilibria of thin elastic plates under physical growth conditions for the energy density Y1 - 2012 A1 - Maria Giovanna Mora A1 - Lucia Scardia AB -

The asymptotic behaviour of the equilibrium configurations of a thin elastic plate is studied, as the thickness $h$ of the plate goes to zero. More precisely, it is shown that critical points of the nonlinear elastic functional $\mathcal E^h$, whose energies (per unit thickness) are bounded by $Ch^4$, converge to critical points of the $\Gamma$-limit of $h^{-4}\mathcal E^h$. This is proved under the physical assumption that the energy density $W(F)$ blows up as $\det F\to0$.

PB - Elsevier UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/3466 N1 - 21 pages U1 - 7112 U2 - Mathematics U4 - -1 ER -