On a certain class of elastic materials with nonelliptic energy densities

Kikuchi, N.; Triantafyllidis, N.

doi:10.1090/qam/678196

Authors: N. Kikuchi and N. Triantafyllidis
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 40 (1982), 241-248
MSC: Primary 73G10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/678196
MathSciNet review: 678196
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Abstract: In this paper we are concerned with the behavior of a certain class of hyperelastic materials with non-elliptic strain energy density functions that satisfy very weak growth conditions at infinity. It is shown, by means of an example, that solutions of boundary-value problems involving these materials do not exist within the usual admissible spaces in view of the severe discontinuities involved (displacement discontinuities).

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