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Young-Measure approximations for elastodynamics with non-monotone stress-strain relations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2004
Abstract
Microstructures in phase-transitions of alloys are modeled by the energy minimization of a nonconvex energy density ϕ. Their time-evolution leads to a nonlinear wave equation $u_{tt}=\mbox{div}\:S(Du)$ with the non-monotone stress-strain relation $S=D\phi$ plus proper boundary and initial conditions. This hyperbolic-elliptic initial-boundary value problem of changing types allows, in general, solely Young-measure solutions. This paper introduces a fully-numerical time-space discretization of this equation in a corresponding very weak sense. It is shown that discrete solutions exist and generate weakly convergent subsequences whose limit is a Young-measure solution. Numerical examples in one space dimension illustrate the time-evolving phase transitions and microstructures of a nonlinearly vibrating string.
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- ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , May 2004 , pp. 397 - 418
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- © EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2004
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