

Preprint 23/2008
Shell Theories Arising as low Energy Γ-Limit of 3D Nonlinear Elasticity
Marta Lewicka, Maria Giovanna Mora, and Mohammed Reza Pakzad
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Submission date: 06. Mar. 2008
Pages: 38
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Abstract:
We discuss the limiting behavior (using the notion of -limit)
of the 3d nonlinear elasticity for thin shells around an arbitrary smooth 2d
surface. In particular, under the assumption that the elastic energy of deformations
scales like
, h being the thickness of a shell, we derive a limiting
theory which is a generalization of the von Kármán theory for plates.