Published Paper

Inserted: 4 mar 2008
Last Updated: 13 sep 2010

Journal: Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci.
Volume: 9
Pages: 253-295
Year: 2010

Abstract:

We discuss the limiting behavior (using the notion of Gamma-limit) of the three-dimensional nonlinear elasticity for thin shells around an arbitrary smooth two-dimensional surface. In particular, under the assumption that the elastic energy of deformations scales like $h^4$ (where h is the thickness of a shell), we derive a limiting theory which is a generalization of the von Kármán theory for plates.

Keywords: Gamma-convergence, dimension reduction, nonlinear elasticity, shell theories

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