Abstract
We show that the nonlinear bending theory of shells arises as a Γ-limit of three-dimensional nonlinear elasticity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 697-702 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Comptes Rendus Mathematique |
Volume | 336 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 15 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:RDJ thanks AFOSR/MURI (F49620-98-1-0433), NSF (DMS-0074043) and ONR (ONR/UMD/Z897101) for supporting this work. GF, MGM and SM were partially supported by the TMR network FMRX-CT98-0229.