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Events
Beyond Elasticity - A two-week concentration period on the mechanics of complex solids

MPI für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften Leipzig

G3 10 (Lecture hall)

conference

16.02.01 02.03.01

Beyond Elasticity - A two-week concentration period on the mechanics of complex solids

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The period February 16 - March 2, 2001 will be a period of concentration on the mechanics of complex solids at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
An international workshop on "Variational methods beyond the elastic threshold" will take place on February 18-20, 2001.

Program

16:00 - 17:00

Sir S.F. Edwards
Lagrangian Statistical mechanics applied to non-linear stochastic field equations

Workshop on Variational methods beyond the elastic threshold

11:00 - 12:00

A. Braides
Informal lecture on variational methods in fracture mechanics

11:00 - 12:00	M. Ortiz Micromechanics of Plasticity, part 1
16:00 - 17:00	S. Venkataramani Rigidity results for isometric immersions and generalized crumpling

11:00 - 12:00

M. Ortiz
Micromechanics of Plasticity, part 2

11:00 - 12:00	M. Ortiz Micromechanics of Plasticity, part 3
16:00 - 17:00	B. Audoly The delamination of thin elastic films: coupling plate elasticity with a condition of crack propagation

11:00 - 12:00

M. Ortiz
Micromechanics of Plasticity, part 4

11:00 - 12:00	M. Ortiz Micromechanics of Plasticity, part 5
16:00 - 17:00	M. Ortiz Variational methods in convex and non-convex plasticity

Beyond Elasticity - A two-week concentration period on the mechanics of complex solids

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Antonio DeSimone

Alexander Mielke

Stefan Müller