On the construction of extended problems and related functionals for general nonlinear equations

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 839-856

  Brun, Michele ^a   Carini, Angelo ^a   Genna, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Dynamics; C. Variational calculus; Nonlinear behaviour; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004695491     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(00)00051-X     Document Type: Article

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