Application of Relaxation Methods in Materials Science: From the Macroscopic Response of Elastomers to Crystal Plasticity

摘要

In this contribution we review some aspects of the mathematical analysis of fine structures in materials in three distinct systems: small deformations within the range of pseudoelasticity in shape memory materials, soft elasticity for nematic and smectic elastomers, and relaxation via formation of microstructures in single crystal plasticity.