Abstract
This note establishes a stability result for C1 weak solutions to the equilibrium equations of nonlinear elasticity under the constitutive assumption of strict polyconvexity. That is, for a large class of polyconvex stored-energy functions all C1 weak equilibria are strong local minimizers with respect to variations of sufficiently small support. © 1990 Oxford University Press.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 215-221 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 1990 |