From pair potentials to macroscopic plasticity (A05)

• Subject Area: Mathematics
• Term: since 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 211504053

We focus on energetic modeling and on the derivation of effective macroscopic models from microscopic or mesoscopic assumptions, with interest in the development of mathematical tools, in their application to problems in mechanics, and in the study of specific materials. Mathematically, the main tools are Gamma convergence, rigidity estimates for gradient fields and the theory of functions of bounded deformation.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1060: The Mathematics of Emergent Effects
• Applicant Institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Sergio Conti; Professor Dr. Stefan Müller; Professor Michael Ortiz, Ph.D., since 1/2017