Euler-Lagrange equations for nonlinearly elastic rods with self-contact

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-82

  Schuricht, Friedemann ^a   Von der Mosel, Heiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 0038576875     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00205-003-0253-x     Document Type: Article

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