On the existence of minimizers with prescribed singular points in nonlinear elasticity

Journal of Elasticity

Volumn 59, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 83-113

  Sivaloganathan, Jeyabal ^a   Spector, Scott J ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Degree; Distributional Jacobian; Elastic; Elastomer; Elastostatics; Equilibrium; Finite elasticity; Fracture; Injective; Microvoid; One to one; Polyconvexity; Singular minimizer

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; ELASTOMERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

DISTRIBUTIONAL JACOBIAN; FINITE ELASTICITY; MICROVOID; MINIMIZERS; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; TRIAXIAL TENSIONS;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 0034445310     PISSN: 03743535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011001113641     Document Type: Article

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