Validity and failure of the Cauchy-Born hypothesis in a two-dimensional mass-spring lattice

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 445-478

  Friesecke, G ^a   Theil, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042964912     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00332-002-0495-z     Document Type: Article

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