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MiS Preprint
46/2012
Continuation of infinitesimal bendings on developable surfaces and equilibrium equations for nonlinear bending theory of plates
Peter Hornung
Abstract
We introduce a natural concept of stationarity for the nonlinear bending theory of elastic plates, and we derive the equilibrium equations satisfied by stationary points. A key ingredient is a geometric result about the continuation of infinitesimal bendings on developable surfaces.
