Variational Problems in Materials Science

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Maso, Gianni dal (Editor), DeSimone, Antonio (Editor), Tomarelli, Franco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2006.
• Series: Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications ; 68
• Subjects: Materials science.; Partial differential equations.; Computer mathematics.; Mathematical models.; Calculus of variations.; Materials Science.; Materials Science, general.; Partial Differential Equations.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.

This volume contains the proceedings of the international workshop Variational Problems in Materials Science, which was jointly organized by the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste and by the Dipartimento di Matematica ``Francesco Brioschi'' of the Politecnico di M...

Table of Contents:

• Remarks on a Multiscale Approach to Grain Growth in Polycrystals
• Another Brick in the Wall
• Variational Problems for Functionals Involving the Value Distribution
• Bi-Modal Cohesive Energies
• Criterion for Tricritical Points in Liquid Crystal Phases
• Asymptotics of Boundary Value Problems for Supercritical Ginzburg-Landau Energies
• An Introduction to H-measures and Their Applications
• A Singular Perturbation Result with a Fractional Norm
• Smooth and Creased Equilibria for Elastic-plastic Plates and Beams
• On Concentrated Contact Interactions
• Discontinuous Hysteresis and P.D.E.s.