Surface energies in nonconvex discrete systems

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 985-1037

  Braides, Andrea ^a   Cicalese, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

convergence; Continuum mechanics; Discrete systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547270364     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202507002182     Document Type: Article

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