Browsing by Author "Conti, Sergio"

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    A phase-space formulation of the theory of elasticity and its relaxation
    (SISSA, 2020) Conti, Sergio; Mathematics
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    Soft elasticity and microstructure in smectic C elastomers
    (2006-04-12T09:42:25Z) DeSimone, Antonio; Adams, James; Conti, Sergio; Mathematics; Functional Analysis and Applications
    Smectic C elastomers are layered materials exhibiting a solid-like elastic response along the layer normal and a rubbery one in the plane. The set of strains minimizing the elastic energy contains a one-parameter family of simple stretches associated with an internal degree of freedom, coming from the in-plane component of the director. We investigate soft elasticity and the corresponding microstructure by determining the quasiconvex hull of the set , and use this to propose experimental tests that should make the predicted soft response observable.