

Variational methods beyond the elastic threshold
Program
All lectures will be held in Leibniz-Hörsaal (G 10),
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (Leipzig, Inselstraße 22).
Sunday, February 18, 2001 | ||
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15:30 - 16:20 | C. Miehe (Stuttgart) Computational homogenization of elastoplastic microstructures based on incremental variational formulations | |
17:00 - 17:30 | C. Tamagnini (Perugia) Return mapping algorithms for rate-independent plasticity in geomechanics | |
17:30 - 18:00 | Florian Theil (Oxford) Mathematical framework for rate independent continuum models | |
Monday, February 19, 2001 | ||
09:00 - 09:50 | Sir S.F. Edwards (Cambridge) Compactivity and transmission of stress in granular materials | |
10:00 - 10:50 | R. Nova (Milano) The role of non-normality in soil mechanics: experimental evidence and some mathematical consequences | |
11:30 - 12:20 | Andrea Braides (Roma) Continuum variational limits of nonconvex discrete systems | |
Tuesday, February 20, 2001 | ||
09:30 - 10:20 | Gilles Francfort (Paris) Brittle fracture from a variational standpoint | |
11:00 - 11:50 | L. Mahadevan (MIT) Folding, Wrinkling and Crumpling: Elasticity and Hydrodynamics | |
15:00 - 15:30 | B. Audoly (Paris) Post-buckling of a long elastic strip as an approach to worm-like delamination | |
15:30 - 16:00 | Sergio Conti (Leipzig) Energy scaling in thin film blisters | |
16:00 - 16:30 | Shankar Venkataramani (Chicago) Generalized crumpling : Structures and scaling in elastic m-sheets |
Date and Location
February 18 - 20, 2001
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Inselstraße 22
04103 Leipzig
Germany
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Scientific Organizers
Antonio DeSimoneAlexander Mielke
Stefan Müller