On the status of St.-Venant's solutions as minimizers of energy

doi:10.1016/0020-7683(80)90073-6

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volume 16, Issue 3, 1980, Pages 195-198

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Abstract

Solutions of the type introduced by St.-Venant for linearly elastic prisms have some limited status as solutions of minimum energy although, commonly, there are other solutions with lower energy. Our purpose is to clarify this.

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On the status of St.-Venant's solutions as minimizers of energy

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Advan. Appl. Mech.

Arch. Ration. Mech. Analysis