Continuity of a deformation as a function of its Cauchy-Green tensor

Philippe G. Ciarlet, Florian Laurent

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Abstract

If the Riemann-Christoffel tensor associated with a field C of class C2 of positive-definite symmetric matrices of order 3 vanishes in a simply connected open subset ω ⊂ ℝ3, then this field is the Cauchy-Green tensor field associated with a deformation Θ of class C3 of the set ω, and Θ is uniquely determined up to isometries of ℝ3. Let Θ̇ denote the equivalence class formed by all such deformations, and let ℱ: C → Θ̇ denote the mapping defined in this fashion. We establish here that the mapping ℱ is continuous, for certain natural metrizable topologies.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)255-269
JournalArchive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
Volume167
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2003

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