%0 Journal Article %J Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Non Linear Analysis %D 2013 %T A quasistatic evolution model for perfectly plastic plates derived by Γ-convergence %A Elisa Davoli %A Maria Giovanna Mora %K -convergence %K Perfect plasticity %K Prandtl–Reuss plasticity %K Quasistatic evolution %K Rate-independent processes %K Thin plates %X

The subject of this paper is the rigorous derivation of a quasistatic evolution model for a linearly elastic–perfectly plastic thin plate. As the thickness of the plate tends to zero, we prove via Γ-convergence techniques that solutions to the three-dimensional quasistatic evolution problem of Prandtl–Reuss elastoplasticity converge to a quasistatic evolution of a suitable reduced model. In this limiting model the admissible displacements are of Kirchhoff–Love type and the stretching and bending components of the stress are coupled through a plastic flow rule. Some equivalent formulations of the limiting problem in rate form are derived, together with some two-dimensional characterizations for suitable choices of the data.

%B Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Non Linear Analysis %V 30 %P 615 - 660 %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0294144912001035 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anihpc.2012.11.001