Thematic Einstein Semester on

Geometric and Topological Structure of Materials

Summer Semester 2021

Speaker


Barbara Zwicknagl   (HU Berlin)


Title


Variational Models for Microstructures in Smart Materials


Abstract


The macroscopic behaviour of smart materials is closely linked to their microstructures. The formation of such patterns can often be explained in the framework of the calculus of variations. This approach typically leads to the study of functionals which have non-convex or non-local contributions. In this talk, recent results of the mathematical analysis of such functionals will be discussed by the example of shape-memory alloys.



Contact


tes-summer2021@math.tu-berlin.de