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An example of microstructure with multiple scales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1997

MATTHIAS WINTER
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

Abstract

This paper studies a vectorial problem in the calculus of variations arising in the theory of martensitic microstructure. The functional has an integral representation where the integrand is a non-convex function of the gradient with exactly four minima. We prove that the Young measure corresponding to a minimizing sequence is homogeneous and unique for certain linear boundary conditions. We also consider the singular perturbation of the problem by higher-order gradients. We study an example of microstructure involving infinite sequential lamination and calculate its energy and length scales in the zero limit of the perturbation.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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