A geometrically exact Cosserat shell-model including size effects, avoiding degeneracy in the thin shell limit. Part I: Formal dimensional reduction for elastic plates and existence of minimizers for positive Cosserat couple modulus

Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 577-628

  Neff, P ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elliptic systems; Membranes; Non simple materials; Plates; Polar materials; Shells; Solid mechanics; Thin films; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DRILLING; ELASTICITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SET THEORY;

ELLIPTIC SYSTEMS; NON-SIMPLE MATERIALS; PLATES; POLAR MATERIALS; SHELLS; SOLID MECHANICS; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 10044294928     PISSN: 09351175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00161-004-0182-4     Document Type: Article

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