TY - RPRT T1 - Stochastic homogenisation of free-discontinuity problems Y1 - 2018 A1 - Filippo Cagnetti A1 - Gianni Dal Maso A1 - Lucia Scardia A1 - Caterina Ida Zeppieri AB - In this paper we study the stochastic homogenisation of free-discontinuity functionals. Assuming stationarity for the random volume and surface integrands, we prove the existence of a homogenised random free-discontinuity functional, which is deterministic in the ergodic case. Moreover, by establishing a connection between the deterministic convergence of the functionals at any fixed realisation and the pointwise Subadditive Ergodic Theorem by Akcoglou and Krengel, we characterise the limit volume and surface integrands in terms of asymptotic cell formulas. UR - http://preprints.sissa.it/handle/1963/35309 U1 - 35617 U2 - Mathematics U4 - 1 U5 - MAT/05 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Gamma-Convergence of Free-discontinuity problems Y1 - 2017 A1 - Filippo Cagnetti A1 - Gianni Dal Maso A1 - Lucia Scardia A1 - Caterina Ida Zeppieri AB - We study the Gamma-convergence of sequences of free-discontinuity functionals depending on vector-valued functions u which can be discontinuous across hypersurfaces whose shape and location are not known a priori. The main novelty of our result is that we work under very general assumptions on the integrands which, in particular, are not required to be periodic in the space variable. Further, we consider the case of surface integrands which are not bounded from below by the amplitude of the jump of u. We obtain three main results: compactness with respect to Gamma-convergence, representation of the Gamma-limit in an integral form and identification of its integrands, and homogenisation formulas without periodicity assumptions. In particular, the classical case of periodic homogenisation follows as a by-product of our analysis. Moreover, our result covers also the case of stochastic homogenisation, as we will show in a forthcoming paper. PB - SISSA UR - http://preprints.sissa.it/handle/1963/35276 U1 - 35583 U2 - Mathematics U4 - 1 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - A bridging mechanism in the homogenisation of brittle composites with soft inclusions Y1 - 2015 A1 - Marco Barchiesi A1 - Giuliano Lazzaroni A1 - Caterina Ida Zeppieri AB - We provide a homogenisation result for the energy-functional associated with a purely brittle composite whose microstructure is characterised by soft periodic inclusions embedded in a stiffer matrix. We show that the two constituents as above can be suitably arranged on a microscopic scale ε to obtain, in the limit as ε tends to zero, a homogeneous macroscopic energy-functional explicitly depending on the opening of the crack. PB - SISSA UR - http://urania.sissa.it/xmlui/handle/1963/7492 U1 - 7621 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New results on Gamma-limits of integral functionals Y1 - 2014 A1 - Nadia Ansini A1 - Gianni Dal Maso A1 - Caterina Ida Zeppieri KW - Gamma-convergence PB - Elsevier UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/5880 U1 - 5745 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications U4 - -1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Gamma-convergence and H-convergence of linear elliptic operators JF - Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées, Available online 12 September 2012 Y1 - 2012 A1 - Nadia Ansini A1 - Gianni Dal Maso A1 - Caterina Ida Zeppieri KW - Linear elliptic operators PB - Elsevier UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/5878 U1 - 5746 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications U4 - -1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Homogenization of fiber reinforced brittle material: the intermediate case JF - Adv. Calc. Var. 3 (2010) 345-370 Y1 - 2010 A1 - Gianni Dal Maso A1 - Caterina Ida Zeppieri AB - We derive a cohesive fracture model by homogenizing a periodic composite material whose microstructure is characterized by the presence of brittle inclusions in a reticulated unbreakable elastic structure. PB - Walter de Gruyter UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/3607 U1 - 694 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Discrete-to-continuum limits for strain-alignment-coupled systems: Magnetostrictive solids, ferroelectric crystals and nematic elastomers JF - Netw. Heterog. Media 4 (2009) 667-708 Y1 - 2009 A1 - Marco Cicalese A1 - Antonio DeSimone A1 - Caterina Ida Zeppieri AB - In the framework of linear elasticity, we study the limit of a class of discrete free energies modeling strain-alignment-coupled systems by a rigorous coarse-graining procedure, as the number of molecules diverges. We focus on three paradigmatic examples: magnetostrictive solids, ferroelectric crystals and nematic elastomers, obtaining in the limit three continuum models consistent with those commonly employed in the current literature. We also derive the correspondent macroscopic energies in the presence of displacement boundary conditions and of various kinds of applied external fields. PB - American Institute of Mathematical Sciences UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/3788 U1 - 538 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER -