LAGRANGIAN NONLINEAR THEORY OF THIN ELASTIC SHELLS WITH FINITE ROTATIONS

The Nonlinear Theory of Elastic Shells with Phase Transitions

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A simplified model for elastic thin shells

We introduce a simplified model for the minimization of the elastic energy in thin shells. This model is not obtained by an asymptotic analysis. The thickness of the shell remains a parameter as in Reisner-Mindlin’s model for plates and Koiter’s model for shells in the linear case. The simplified model admits always minimizers by contrast with the original one. We show the relevance of our appr...

Finite indentation of highly curved elastic shells

Experimentally measuring the elastic properties of thin biological surfaces is non-trivial, particularly when they are curved. One technique that may be used is the indentation of a thin sheet of material by a rigid indenter, while measuring the applied force and displacement. This gives immediate information on the fracture strength of the material (from the force required to puncture), but it...

A Geometric Theory of Nonlinear Morphoelastic Shells

Many thin three-dimensional elastic bodies can be reduced to elastic shells: two-dimensional elastic bodies whose reference shape is not necessarily flat. More generally, morphoelastic shells are elastic shells that can remodel and grow in time. These idealized objects are suitable models for many physical, engineering, and biological systems. Here, we formulate a general geometric theory of no...

Local Symmetry Group in the General Theory of Elastic Shells