The formation of microstructure in shape-memory alloys

Thesis

The application of techniques from nonlinear analysis to materials science has seen great developments in the recent years and it has really been a driving force for substantial mathematical research in the area of partial differential equations and the multi-dimensional calculus of variations. This thesis has been motivated by two recent and remarkable experimental observations of H. Seiner in shape-memory alloys which we attempt to interpret mathematically. Much of the work is original and...

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Authors: Koumatos, K

• Publication date: 2012
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-yryyzgnxg
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: shape-memory alloys; quasiconvexity
• Subjects: Calculus of variations and optimal control; Mechanics of deformable solids (mathematics); Mathematics