关键词: |
fourth-order, Swift-Hohenberg equation. Extended Fisher-Kolmogorov equation, localization, localized buckling, concentration compactness, destiffening, restiffening, destabilization, restabilization. |
摘要: |
We examine a variational problem from elastic stability theory; a thin elastic strut on an elastic fourtdation.
The strut has infinite length, and its lateral deflection represented by u: R — > R. Deformation takes place
under conditions of prescribed tetal shortening, leading to the variational problem
inf {1/2f u n2 + f F(u):1/2 f u n2= *}. (0.1)
Solutions of this minimization problem solve the Euler-Lagrange equation
u"" + pu" + F'(u) = 0, -∞ < x< ∞
(0.2)
The foundation has a nonlinear stress-strain relationship F', combining a destiffening character for
small deformation with subsequent stiffening for large deformation. We prove that for every value of the
shortening A > 0 the minimization problem has at least one solution. In the limit A -k OO these solutions
converge on bounded intervals to a periodic profile, that is characterized by a related variational problem.
W* also examine the relationship with a bifurcation branch of solutions of (0.2), and show numerically that
ali minimizers of (0.1) lie on this branch This information provides an interesting insight into the structure of
the solution set of (0.1).
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 34C11, 34C25, 34C37, 49N99, 49R99, 73C50, 73H05, 73H10.
73K05, 73K20, 73N20, 73Q05, 73V25, 86A60.
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