Title: Material instabilities in continuum mechanics : related mathematical problems : the proceedings of a symposium year on material instabilities in continuum mechanics organized by the Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 1985-1986
Abstract: Contributors Preface E. Acerbi and N. Fusco: An approximation lemma for W 1,p functions E. Acerbi: Homogenization and periodic structures with holes G. Buttazzo: Thin insulating layers: the optimization point of view E. Cabib: Lower semicontinuity and relaxation for some problems in optimal design G. Caginalp: Mathematical models of phase boundaries G. Capriz: Continua with constrained or latent microstructure D. Cioranescu and J. Saint Jean Paulin: Elastic behaviour of very thin cellular structures B. Dacorogna and P. Marcellini: A counterexample in the vectorial calculus of variations C. Davini: Elastic invariants in crystal theory R.J. DiPerna: Concentrations in solutions to conservative systems J.L. Ericksen: Some constrained elastic crystals L.E. Fraenkel: Some results for a linear, partly hyperbolic model of viscoelastic flow past a plate R. Illner: Derivation and validity of the Boltzmann equations: some remarks on reversibility concepts, the H-functional and coarse-graining R.D. James: Microstructure and weak convergence C.K.R.T. Jones: Standing waves of nonlinear Schr dinger equations: existence and stability D. Kinderlehrer: Remarks about equilibrium configurations of crystals J.L. Lions: Some remarks on uniqueness properties K.A. Lurie and A.V. Cherkaev: On a certain variational problem of phase equilibrium E. Mascolo: Some remarks on problems D.G. McCartney and J.D. Hunt: Experimental and theoretical aspects of cellular and dendritic solidification A. Novick-Cohen: On the viscous Cahn-Hilliard equation O.A. Oleinik: Some asymptotic problems of linear elasticity R.L. Pego: Phase mixtures in nonlinear viscoelasticity in one dimension O. Penrose: Statistical mechanics and the kinetics of phase separation M. Pitteri: On 1- and 3-dimensional models in non-convex elasticity V. Roytburd and M. Slemrod: An application of the method of compensated compactness to a problem in phase transitions R. Schianchi: A review of some problems M.E. Schonbek: Nonlinear geometric optics and conservation laws M. Silhav 'y: On the admissibility of shocks and propagating phase boundaries in a van der Waals fluid F. Tomarelli: Unilateral problems in continuum mechanics A. Visintin: Surface tension effects in phase transitions Index.
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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