Existence results for a class of rate-independent material models with nonconvex elastic energies

Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik

Volumn , Issue 595, 2006, Pages 55-91

  Francfort, Gilles ^a,b   Mielke, Alexander ^a,c  

^a Université Paris 13 ^*

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR KATALYSE E V AN DER UNIVERSITÄT ROSTOCK   (Germany)

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EID: 33745513030     PISSN: 00754102     EISSN: 00754102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CRELLE.2006.044     Document Type: Article

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