Derivations of two one-dimensional models for transversely curved shallow shells: one leads to relaxation

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Main Authors: Roberto, Paroni, Marco, Picchi Scardaoni
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author Roberto, Paroni
Marco, Picchi Scardaoni
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Marco, Picchi Scardaoni
contents We study the $Γ$-limit of sequences of variational problems for straight, transversely curved shallow shells, as the width of the planform $\varepsilon$ goes to zero. The energy is of von Kármán type for shallow shells under suitable boundary conditions. What distinguishes the various regimes is the scaling of the stretching energy $\sim \varepsilon^{2β}$, with $β$ a positive number. We derive two one-dimensional models as $β$ ranges in $(0, 2]$. Remarkably, boundary conditions are essential to get compactness. We show that for $β\in (0, 2)$ the $Γ$-limit leads to relaxation: the limit membrane energy vanishes on compression. For $β=2$ there is no relaxation, and the limit model is a nonlinear energy coupling four kinematical descriptors in a nontrivial way. As special cases of the latter limit model, a nonlinear Vlasov torsion theory and a nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli beam theory can be deduced.
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spellingShingle Derivations of two one-dimensional models for transversely curved shallow shells: one leads to relaxation
Roberto, Paroni
Marco, Picchi Scardaoni
Mathematical Physics
Analysis of PDEs
We study the $Γ$-limit of sequences of variational problems for straight, transversely curved shallow shells, as the width of the planform $\varepsilon$ goes to zero. The energy is of von Kármán type for shallow shells under suitable boundary conditions. What distinguishes the various regimes is the scaling of the stretching energy $\sim \varepsilon^{2β}$, with $β$ a positive number. We derive two one-dimensional models as $β$ ranges in $(0, 2]$. Remarkably, boundary conditions are essential to get compactness. We show that for $β\in (0, 2)$ the $Γ$-limit leads to relaxation: the limit membrane energy vanishes on compression. For $β=2$ there is no relaxation, and the limit model is a nonlinear energy coupling four kinematical descriptors in a nontrivial way. As special cases of the latter limit model, a nonlinear Vlasov torsion theory and a nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli beam theory can be deduced.
title Derivations of two one-dimensional models for transversely curved shallow shells: one leads to relaxation
topic Mathematical Physics
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23545