Convergence of equilibria of planar thin elastic beams

Indiana University Mathematics Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2413-2438

  Mora, M G ^a   Muller S ^b   Schultz, M G ^b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dimension reduction; Equilibrium configurations; Nonlinear elasticity; Stationary points; Thin beams

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049098894     PISSN: 00222518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1512/iumj.2007.56.3023     Document Type: Article

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