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Publications (184)

math-ph2016

Hyperelastic bodies under homogeneous Cauchy stress induced by three-dimensional non-homogeneous deformations

L. Angela Mihai, Patrizio Neff

In isotropic finite elasticity, unlike in the linear elastic theory, a homogeneous Cauchy stress may be induced by non-homogeneous strains. To illustrate this, we identify compatib…

math.AP2017

A polyconvex extension of the logarithmic Hencky strain energy

Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff

Adapting a method introduced by Ball, Muite, Schryvers and Tirry, we construct a polyconvex isotropic energy function which is equal to…

math.AP2024

Green's functions for the isotropic planar relaxed micromorphic model -- concentrated force and concentrated couple

Panos Gourgiotis, Gianluca Rizzi, Peter Lewintan +4

We derive the Green's functions (concentrated force and couple in an infinite space) for the isotropic planar relaxed micromorphic model. Since the relaxed micromorphic model parti…

math.AP2021

Morrey's conjecture for the planar volumetric-isochoric split. Part I: least convex energy functions

Jendrik Voss, Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba +1

We consider Morrey's open question whether rank-one convexity already implies quasiconvexity in the planar case. For some specific families of energies, there are precise condition…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013

Wave propagation in relaxed micromorphic continua: modelling metamaterials with frequency band-gaps

Angela Madeo, Patrizio Neff, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba +2

In this paper the relaxed micromorphic model proposed in [Patrizio Neff, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Angela Madeo, Luca Placidi, Giuseppe Rosi. A unifying perspective: the relaxed linear…

math-ph2016

Real wave propagation in the isotropic relaxed micromorphic model

Patrizio Neff, Angela Madeo, Gabriele Barbagallo +3

For the recently introduced isotropic relaxed micromorphic generalized continuum model, we show that under the assumption of positive definite energy, planar harmonic waves have re…

math.AP2016

Rotational invariance conditions in elasticity, gradient elasticity and its connection to isotropy

Ingo Münch, Patrizio Neff

For homogeneous higher gradient elasticity models we discuss frame-indifference and isotropy requirements. To this end, we introduce the notions of local versus global SO(3)-invari…

math.AP2025

Quasiconvex relaxation of planar Biot-type energies and the role of determinant constraints

Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Maximilian Köhler +3

We derive the quasiconvex relaxation of the Biot-type energy density for planar mappings $φ\colon\mathbb{R}^2\to…

math.AP2020

The Legendre-Hadamard condition in Cosserat elasticity theory

Milad Shirani, David J. Steigmann, Patrizio Neff

The Legendre-Hadamard necessary condition for energy minimizers is derived in the framework of Cosserat elasticity theory.

math-ph2013

A unifying perspective: the relaxed linear micromorphic continuum

Patrizio Neff, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Angela Madeo +2

We formulate a relaxed linear elastic micromorphic continuum model with symmetric Cauchy force-stresses and curvature contribution depending only on the micro-dislocation tensor. O…

math.AP2013

Existence of minimizers in the geometrically non-linear 6-parameter resultant shell theory with drilling rotations

Mircea Birsan, Patrizio Neff

The paper is concerned with the geometrically non-linear theory of 6-parametric elastic shells with drilling degrees of freedom. This theory establishes a general model for shells,…

math.NA2021

A hybrid H1xH(curl) finite element formulation for a relaxed micromorphic continuum model of antiplane shear

Adam Sky, Michael Neunteufel, Ingo Münch +2

One approach for the simulation of metamaterials is to extend an associated continuum theory concerning its kinematic equations, and the relaxed micromorphic continuum represents s…

physics.class-ph2018

Low-and high-frequency Stoneley waves, reflection and transmission at a Cauchy/relaxed micromorphic interface

Alexios Aivaliotis, Ali Daouadji, Gabriele Barbagallo +3

In this paper we study the reflective properties of a 2D interface separating a homogeneous solid from a band-gap metamaterial by modeling it as an interface between a classical Ca…

physics.app-ph2022

Towards the conception of complex engineering meta-structures: relaxed-micromorphic modelling of low-frequency mechanical diodes/high-frequency screens

Gianluca Rizzi, Domenico Tallarico, Patrizio Neff +1

In this paper we show that an enriched continuum model of the micromorphic type (Relaxed Micromorphic Model) can be used to model metamaterials' response in view of their use for m…

math.AP2019

On the dispersion of waves for the linear thermoelastic relaxed micromorphic model

Aarti Khurana, Suman Bala, Hassam Khan +2

We present the complete set of constitutive relations and field equations for the linear thermoelastic relaxed micromorphic continuum and investigate its variants for wave propagat…

math.AP2024

Global regularity for a physically nonlinear version of the relaxed micromorphic model on Lipschitz domains

Dorothee Knees, Sebastian Owczarek, Patrizio Neff

In this paper, we investigate the global higher regularity properties of weak solutions for a linear elliptic system coupled with a nonlinear Maxwell-type system defined on Lipschi…

physics.class-ph2026

Polyconvexity does not imply true-stress-true-strain monotonicity in the incompressible three-dimensional case

Dominik K. Klein, Maximilian P. Wollner, Patrizio Neff

We study constitutive conditions of hyperelastic potentials for incompressible material behavior in three dimensions. By means of a counterexample, we show that polyconvexity does…

physics.app-ph2024

From frequency-dependent models to frequency-independent enriched continua for mechanical metamaterials

Gianluca Rizzi, Marco Valerio d'Agostino, Jendrik Voss +3

Mechanical metamaterials have recently gathered increasing attention for their uncommon mechanical responses enabling unprecedented applications for elastic wave control. To model…

math.AP2015

On the convexity of nonlinear elastic energies in the right Cauchy-Green tensor

David Yang Gao, Patrizio Neff, Ionel Roventa +1

We present a sufficient condition under which a weak solution of the Euler-Lagrange equations in nonlinear elasticity is already a global minimizer of the corresponding elastic ene…

math-ph2015

On some fundamental misunderstandings in the indeterminate couple stress model. A comment on recent papers of A.R. Hadjesfandiari and G.F. Dargush

Patrizio Neff, Ingo Münch, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba +1

In a series of papers which are either published [A.R. Hadjesfandiari and G.F. Dargush, Couple stress theory for solids, Int. J. Solids Struct. 48, 2496-2510, 2011; A.R. Hadjesfand…

math.NA2024

A computational approach to identify the material parameters of the relaxed micromorphic model

Mohammad Sarhil, Lisa Scheunemann, Peter Lewintan +2

We determine the material parameters in the relaxed micromorphic generalized continuum model for a given periodic microstructure in this work. This is achieved through a least squa…

math.AP2023

Korn-Maxwell-Sobolev inequalities for general incompatibilities

Franz Gmeineder, Peter Lewintan, Patrizio Neff

We establish a family of coercive Korn-type inequalities for generalised incompatible fields in the superlinear growth regime under sharp criteria. This extends and unifies several…

math.CA2015

Loss of ellipticity for non-coaxial plastic deformations in additive logarithmic finite strain plasticity

Patrizio Neff, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba

In this paper we consider the additive logarithmic finite strain plasticity formulation from the view point of loss of ellipticity in elastic unloading. We prove that even if an el…

math.CA2014

A logarithmic minimization property of the unitary polar factor in the spectral norm and the Frobenius matrix norm

Patrizio Neff, Yuji Nakatsukasa, Andreas Fischle

The unitary polar factor in the polar decomposition of the matrix is the minimizer for both and its Hermitian part $\| \mathrm{sym Log}(Q^…

math.AP2011

Maxwell meets Korn: A New Coercive Inequality for Tensor Fields with Square-Integrable Exterior Derivative

Patrizio Neff, Dirk Pauly, Karl-Josef Witsch

Maxwell meets Korn: A New Coercive Inequality for Tensor Fields with Square-Integrable Exterior Derivative

math-ph2026

In search of constitutive conditions in isotropic hyperelasticity: polyconvexity versus true-stress-true-strain monotonicity

Maximilian P. Wollner, Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Patrizio Neff

The polyconvexity of a strain-energy function is nowadays increasingly presented as the ultimate material stability condition for an idealized elastic response. While the mathemati…

math.AP2024

The Biot stress -- right stretch relation for the compressible Neo-Hooke-Ciarlet-Geymonat model and Rivlin's cube problem

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Franz Gmeineder, Sebastian Holthausen +2

The aim of the paper is to recall the importance of the study of invertibility and monotonicity of stress-strain relations for investigating the non-uniqueness and bifurcation of h…

math.AP2020

A rank-one convex, non-polyconvex isotropic function on with compact connected sublevel sets

Jendrik Voss, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Robert J. Martin +1

According to a 2002 theorem by Cardaliaguet and Tahraoui, an isotropic, compact and connected subset of the group of invertible matrices is ra…

math.CA2013

Sum of squared logarithms - An inequality relating positive definite matrices and their matrix logarithm

Mircea Birsan, Patrizio Neff, Johannes Lankeit

Let y1, y2, y3, a1, a2, a3 > 0 be such that y1 y2 y3 = a1 a2 a3 and y1 + y2 + y3 >= a1 + a2 + a3, y1 y2 + y2 y3 + y1 y3 >= a1 a2 + a2 a3 + a1 a3. Then the following inequality hold…

math.NA2019

Inconsistency of uhyper and umat in Abaqus for compressible hyperelastic materials

Herbert Baaser, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff

In this article, we revisited Bažant's comments on the implementation of hyperelastic material models in commercial finite element software. We would like to clarify that our asse…

math.AP2016

On the dislocation density tensor in the Cosserat theory of elastic shells

Mircea Birsan, Patrizio Neff

We consider the Cosserat continuum in its finite strain setting and discuss the dislocation density tensor as a possible alternative curvature strain measure in three-dimensional C…

math.NA2013

On Grioli's minimum property and its relation to Cauchy's polar decomposition

Patrizio Neff, Johannes Lankeit, Angela Madeo

The unitary polar factor of a matrix F is the unitary matrix Q realizing the minimum of the norm of F-Q over all unitary matrices Q. Tracing back the development on the optimality…

math-ph2017

Transparent anisotropy for the relaxed micromorphic model: macroscopic consistency conditions and long wave length asymptotics

Gabriele Barbagallo, Angela Madeo, Marco Valerio d'Agostino +3

In this paper, we study the anisotropy classes of the fourth order elastic tensors of the relaxed micromorphic model, also introducing their second order counterpart by using a Voi…

math.AP2020

Rank-one convexity vs. ellipticity for isotropic functions

Robert J. Martin, Jendrik Voss, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba +1

It is well known that a twice-differentiable real-valued function on the group of invertible ma…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Polyconvex anisotropic hyperelasticity with neural networks

Dominik K. Klein, Mauricio Fernández, Robert J. Martin +2

In the present work, two machine learning based constitutive models for finite deformations are proposed. Using input convex neural networks, the models are hyperelastic, anisotrop…

physics.class-ph2016

Modeling real phononic crystals via the weighted relaxed micromorphic model with free and gradient micro-inertia

Angela Madeo, Manuel Collet, Marco Miniaci +3

In this paper the relaxed micromorphic continuum model with weighted free and gradient micro-inertia is used to describe the dynamical behavior of a real two-dimensional phononic c…

math.AP2022

Regularity for a geometrically nonlinear flat Cosserat micropolar membrane shell with curvature

Andreas Gastel, Patrizio Neff

We consider the rigorously derived thin shell membrane -limit of a three-dimensional isotropic geometrically nonlinear Cosserat micropolar model and deduce full interior regula…

math.AP2013

On the characterization of drilling rotation in the 6-parameter resultant shell theory

Mircea Birsan, Patrizio Neff

We analyze geometrically non-linear isotropic elastic shells and prove the existence of minimizers. In general, the model takes into account the effect of drilling rotations in she…

math-ph2016

Complete band gaps including non-local effects occur only in the relaxed micromorphic model

Angela Madeo, Patrizio Neff, Marco Valerio d'Agostino +1

In this paper we substantiate the claim implicitly made in previous works that the relaxed micromorphic model is the only linear, isotropic, reversibly elastic, nonlocal generalize…

math.AP2022

A linear isotropic Cosserat shell model including terms up to . Existence and uniqueness

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Mircea Birsan, Patrizio Neff

In this paper we derive the linear elastic Cosserat shell model incorporating effects up to order in the shell thickness as a particular case of the recently introduce…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Cosserat micropolar and couple-stress elasticity models of flexomagnetism at finite deformations

Adam Sky, David Codony, Stephan Rudykh +3

We propose geometrically nonlinear (finite) continuum models of flexomagnetism based on the Cosserat micropolar and its descendent couple-stress theory. These models introduce the…

math.AP2024

The isotropic relaxed micromorphic model in polar coordinates and its application to an elastostatic axisymmetric extension problem

Esmaeal Ghavanloo, Patrizio Neff

In this paper, we consider the isotropic relaxed micromorphic model in polar coordinates and use this representation to solve explicitly an elastostatic axisymmetric extension prob…

math-ph2017

Optimality of the relaxed polar factors by a characterization of the set of real square roots of real symmetric matrices

Lev Borisov, Andreas Fischle, Patrizio Neff

We consider the problem to determine the optimal rotations which minimize for a…

math.CA2015

The sum of squared logarithms inequality in arbitrary dimensions

Lev Borisov, Patrizio Neff, Suvrit Sra +1

We prove the \emph{sum of squared logarithms inequality} (SSLI) which states that for nonnegative vectors whose elementary symmetric polynomials satisfy $e_…

math.AP2021

-trace-free generalized Korn inequalities for incompatible tensor fields in three space dimensions

Peter Lewintan, Patrizio Neff

For we prove an -version of the generalized trace-free Korn inequality for incompatible tensor fields in $ W^{1,\,p}_0(\operatorname{Curl}; Ω,\mathbb{R}^{3\t…

math.AP2021

Korn inequalities for incompatible tensor fields in three space dimensions with conformally invariant dislocation energy

Peter Lewintan, Stefan Müller, Patrizio Neff

Let be an open and bounded set with Lipschitz boundary and outward unit normal . For we establish an improved version of the generalized $…

math-ph2015

A variant of the linear isotropic indeterminate couple stress model with symmetric local force-stress, symmetric nonlocal force-stress, symmetric couple-stresses and complete traction boundary conditions

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff, Angela Madeo +1

In this paper we venture a new look at the linear isotropic indeterminate couple stress model in the general framework of second gradient elasticity and we propose a new alternativ…

math.AP2024

A constitutive condition for idealized isotropic Cauchy elasticity involving the logarithmic strain

Marco Valerio d'Agostino, Sebastian Holthausen, Davide Bernardini +4

Following Hill and Leblond, the aim of our work is to show, for isotropic nonlinear elasticity, a relation between the corotational Zaremba-Jaumann objective derivative of the Cauc…

physics.class-ph2021

Analytical solutions of the simple shear problem for certain types of micromorphic continuum models -- including full derivations

Gianluca Rizzi, Geralf Hütter, Angela Madeo +1

To draw conclusions as regards the stability and modelling limits of the investigated continuum, we consider a family of infinitesimal isotropic generalized continuum models (Mindl…

math.NA2021

Lagrange and based Finite Element formulations for the relaxed micromorphic model

Jörg Schröder, Mohammad Sarhil, Lisa Scheunemann +1

Modeling the unusual mechanical properties of metamaterials is a challenging topic for the mechanics community and enriched continuum theories are promising computational tools for…

math.AP2024

Hypo-elasticity, Cauchy-elasticity, corotational stability and monotonicity in the logarithmic strain

Patrizio Neff, Sebastian Holthausen, Marco Valerio d'Agostino +4

We combine the rate-formulation for the objective, corotational Zaremba-Jaumann rate \begin{align} \frac{{\rm D}^{\rm ZJ}}{{\rm D} t} [σ] = \mathbb{H}^{\rm ZJ}(σ).D, \qquad D = {…

math.AP2014

Poincare meets Korn via Maxwell: Extending Korn's First Inequality to Incompatible Tensor Fields

Patrizio Neff, Dirk Pauly, Karl-Josef Witsch

For a bounded three-dimensional domain with Lipschitz boundary we extend Korn's first inequality to incompatible tensor fields. For compatible tensor fields our estimate reduces to…

math.CA2020

Analytical solutions of the cylindrical bending problem for the relaxed micromorphic continuum and other generalized continua (including full derivations)

Gianluca Rizzi, Geralf Hütter, Angela Madeo +1

We consider the cylindrical bending problem for an infinite plate as modelled with a family of generalized continuum models, including the micromorphic approach. The models allow t…

math-ph2017

Geometrically nonlinear Cosserat elasticity in the plane: applications to chirality

Sebastian Bahamonde, Christian G. Boehmer, Patrizio Neff

Modelling two-dimensional chiral materials is a challenging problem in continuum mechanics because three-dimensional theories reduced to isotropic two-dimensional problems become n…

math-ph2026

Concurrent enforcement of polyconvexity and true-stress-true-strain monotonicity in incompressible isotropic hyperelasticity: application to neural network constitutive models

Maximilian P. Wollner, Dominik K. Klein, Herbert Baaser +2

The design of physics-augmented neural networks (PANNs) for the purposes of constitutive modeling has received considerable attention as of late for a variety of material behaviors…

physics.app-ph2022

Modeling a labyrinthine acoustic metamaterial through an inertia-augmented relaxed micromorphic approach

Jendrik Voss, Gianluca Rizzi, Patrizio Neff +1

We present an inertia-augmented relaxed micromorphic model that enriches the relaxed micromorphic model previously introduced by the authors via a term in the…

math.AP2025

Two types of compressible isotropic neo-Hookean material models

Sergey N. Korobeynikov, Alexey Yu. Larichkin, Patrizio Neff

In this contribution, we present a systematic study of the performance of two known types of compressible generalization of the incompressible neo-Hookean material model. The first…

math.CA2016

Injectivity of the Cauchy-stress tensor along rank-one connected lines under strict rank-one convexity condition

Patrizio Neff, L. Angela Mihai

In this note, we show that the Cauchy stress tensor in nonlinear elasticity is injective along rank-one connected lines provided that the constitutive law is strictly rank-one…

math.NA2024

Intrinsic mixed-dimensional beam-shell-solid couplings in linear Cosserat continua via tangential differential calculus

Adam Sky, Jack S. Hale, Andreas Zilian +2

We present an approach to the coupling of mixed-dimensional continua by employing the mathematically enriched linear Cosserat micropolar model. The kinematical reduction of the mod…

math-ph2014

The exponentiated Hencky-logarithmic strain energy. Part III: Coupling with idealized isotropic finite strain plasticity

Patrizio Neff, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba

We investigate an immediate application in finite strain multiplicative plasticity of the family of isotropic volumetric-isochoric decoupled strain energies \begin{align*} F\mapsto…

math.AP2019

Existence results for non-homogeneous boundary conditions in the relaxed micromorphic model

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff, Sebastian Owczarek

In this paper we use a property of the extension operator from the space of tangential traces of in the context of the linear relaxed micromorphic model, a…

math.HO2019

A commented translation of Hans Richter's early work "The isotropic law of elasticity"

Kai Graban, Eva Schweickert, Robert J. Martin +1

We provide a faithful translation of Hans Richter's important 1948 paper "Das isotrope Elastizitätsgesetz" from its original German version into English. Our introduction summariz…

math.NA2023

A geometrically nonlinear Cosserat shell model for orientable and non-orientable surfaces: Discretization with geometric finite elements

Lisa Julia Nebel, Oliver Sander, Mircea Bîrsan +1

We investigate discretizations of a geometrically nonlinear elastic Cosserat shell with nonplanar reference configuration originally introduced by Bîrsan, Ghiba, Martin, and Neff…

math.AP2015

Rank-one convexity implies polyconvexity for isotropic, objective and isochoric elastic energies in the two-dimensional case

Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff

We show that in the two-dimensional case, every objective, isotropic and isochoric energy function which is rank-one convex on is already polyconvex on $\mathrm{…

math-ph2012

On the convexity of the function C --> f(det C) on positive definite matrices

Stephan Lehmich, Patrizio Neff, Johannes Lankeit

We prove a condition on f \in C^2(\R+,\R) for the convexity of (f o det) on PSym(n), namely that f o det is convex on PSym(n) if and only if f"(s)+(n-1)/(ns) f'(s) >= 0 and f'(s)<=…

math.AP2022

A geometrically nonlinear Cosserat (micropolar) curvy shell model via Gamma convergence

Maryam Mohammadi Saem, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff

Using -convergence arguments, we construct a nonlinear membrane-like Cosserat shell model on a curvy reference configuration starting from a geometrically nonlinear, physically…

math.CA2021

Analytical solution of the cylindrical torsion problem for the relaxed micromorphic continuum and other generalized continua (including full derivations)

Gianluca Rizzi, Geralf Hütter, Hassam Khan +3

We solve the St.Venant torsion problem for an infinite cylindrical rod whose behaviour is described by a family of isotropic generalized continua, including the relaxed micromorphi…

math.AP2011

A Canonical Extension of Korn's First Inequality to H(Curl) motivated by Gradient Plasticity with Plastic Spin

Patrizio Neff, Dirk Pauly, Karl-Josef Witsch

We prove a Korn-type inequality in H(Curl) for tensor fields.

math.AP2021

-versions of generalized Korn inequalities for incompatible tensor fields in arbitrary dimensions with -integrable exterior derivative

Peter Lewintan, Patrizio Neff

For and we prove an -version of the generalized Korn-type inequality for incompatible, -integrable tensor fields havin…

math.AP2020

Sharp rank-one convexity conditions in planar isotropic elasticity for the additive volumetric-isochoric split

Jendrik Voss, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Robert J. Martin +1

We consider the volumetric-isochoric split in planar isotropic hyperelasticity and give a precise analysis of rank-one convexity criteria for this case, showing that the Legendre-H…

math.AP2025

Global existence and uniqueness of weak solutions for a Willis-type model of elastodynamics

Thomas Blesgen, Patrizio Neff

The existence and uniqueness of weak solutions is shown for a system related to the Willis model of elastodynamics. Both the whole space case and the case of a bounded smooth domai…

math.AP2022

Existence and uniqueness of Rayleigh waves in isotropic elastic Cosserat materials and algorithmic aspects

Hassam Khan, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Angela Madeo +1

We discuss the propagation of surface waves in an isotropic half space modelled with the linear Cosserat theory of isotropic elastic materials. To this aim we use a method based on…

math-ph2019

Chirality in the plane

Christian G. Boehmer, Yongjo Lee, Patrizio Neff

It is well-known that many three-dimensional chiral material models become non-chiral when reduced to two dimensions. Chiral properties of the two-dimensional model can then be res…

math.HO2014

Rediscovering G.F. Becker's early axiomatic deduction of a multiaxial nonlinear stress-strain relation based on logarithmic strain

Patrizio Neff, Ingo Münch, Robert Martin

We discuss a completely forgotten work of the geologist G.F. Becker on the ideal isotropic nonlinear stress-strain function. In doing this we provide the original paper from 1893 n…

math.AP2017

The modified indeterminate couple stress model: Why Yang et al.'s arguments motivating a symmetric couple stress tensor contain a gap and why the couple stress tensor may be chosen symmetric nevertheless

Ingo Münch, Patrizio Neff, Angela Madeo +1

We show that the reasoning in favor of a symmetric couple stress tensor in Yang et al.'s introduction of the modified couple stress theory contains a gap, but we present a reasonab…

math.AP2013

The Armstrong-Frederick cyclic hardening plasticity model with Cosserat effects

Krzysztof Chelminski, Patrizio Neff, Sebastian Owczarek

We propose an extension of the cyclic hardening plasticity model formulated by Armstrong and Frederick which includes micropolar effects. Our micropolar extension establishes coerc…

math.AP2018

Shear, pure and simple

Christian Thiel, Jendrik Voss, Robert J. Martin +1

In a 2012 article in the International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Destrade et al. showed that for nonlinear elastic materials satisfying Truesdell's so-called empirical inequ…

math-ph2025

Defects in unidimensional structures

Mewen Crespo, Guy Casale, Loïc Le Marrec +1

In a previous work of the first authors, a non-holonomic model, generalising the micromorphic models and allowing for curvature (disclinations) to arise from the kinematic values,…

math-ph2015

The geometrically nonlinear Cosserat micropolar shear-stretch energy. Part II: Non-classical energy-minimizing microrotations in 3D and their computational validation

Andreas Fischle, Patrizio Neff

In any geometrically nonlinear, isotropic and quadratic Cosserat micropolar extended continuum model formulated in the deformation gradient field and…

math.NA2023

Higher order Bernstein-Bézier and Nédélec finite elements for the relaxed micromorphic model

Adam Sky, Ingo Muench, Gianluca Rizzi +1

The relaxed micromorphic model is a generalized continuum model that is well-posed in the space . Consequently, finite element formulations…

math.AP2018

Do we need Truesdell's empirical inequalities? On the coaxiality of stress and stretch

Christian Thiel, Jendrik Voss, Robert J. Martin +1

Truesdell's empirical inequalities are considered essential in various fields of nonlinear elasticity. However, they are often used merely as a sufficient criterion for semi-invert…

math.AP2014

Well-posedness for dislocation based gradient visco-plasticity with isotropic hardening

Nataliya Kraynyukova, Patrizio Neff, Sergiy Nesenenko +1

In this work we establish the well-posedness for infinitesimal dislocation based gradient viscoplasticity with isotropic hardening for general gradient monotone plastic flows. We a…

math.DG2021

On in-plane drill rotations for Cosserat surfaces

Maryam Mohammadi Saem, Peter Lewintan, Patrizio Neff

We show under some natural smoothness assumptions that pure in-plane drill rotations as deformation mappings of a -smooth regular shell surface to another one parametrized ove…

math.AP2019

Quasiconvex relaxation of isotropic functions in incompressible planar hyperelasticity

Robert J. Martin, Jendrik Voss, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba +1

In this note, we provide an explicit formula for computing the quasiconvex envelope of any real-valued function with f…

math.AP2013

Dev-Div- and DevSym-DevCurl-inequalities for incompatible square tensor fields with mixed boundary conditions

Sebastian Bauer, Patrizio Neff, Dirk Pauly +1

For an n-dimensional bounded domain we derive some inequalities bounding the norm of a square tensor field. Concerning the Div-Dev-inequality the bound is given by the trace-free p…

math.AP2025

Propagation of Love waves in linear elastic isotropic Cosserat materials

Marius Apetrii, Emilian Bulgariu, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba +2

We investigate the propagation of Love waves in an isotropic half-space modelled as a linear {elastic isotropic} Cosserat material. To this aim, we show that a method commonly used…

math.NA2024

Novel -conforming elements on regular triangulations and Clough--Tocher splits for the planar relaxed micromorphic model

Adam Sky, Michael Neunteufel, Peter Lewintan +3

In this work we present a consistent reduction of the relaxed micromorphic model to its corresponding two-dimensional planar model, such that its capacity to capture discontinuous…

math.CA2015

On the sum of squared logarithms inequality and related inequalities

Fozi M. Dannan, Patrizio Neff, Christian Thiel

We consider the sum of squared logarithms inequality and investigate possible connections with the theory of majorization. We also discuss alternative sufficient conditions on two…

math.AP2023

A global higher regularity result for the static relaxed micromorphic model on smooth domains

Dorothee Knees, Sebastian Owczarek, Patrizio Neff

We derive a global higher regularity result for weak solutions of the linear relaxed micromorphic model on smooth domains. The governing equations consist of a linear elliptic syst…

physics.app-ph2019

Identification of scale-independent material parameters in the relaxed micromorphic model through model-adapted first order homogenization

Patrizio Neff, Bernhard Eidel, Marco Valerio d'Agostino +1

We rigorously determine the scale-independent short range elastic parameters in the relaxed micromorphic generalized continuum model for a given periodic microstructure. This is do…

math.CA2016

Rank-one convexity implies polyconvexity in isotropic planar incompressible elasticity

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff

We study convexity properties of energy functions in plane nonlinear elasticity of incompressible materials and show that rank-one convexity of an objective and isotropic elastic e…

math.AP2014

A first regularity result for the Armstrong-Frederick cyclic hardening plasticity model with Cosserat effects

Krzysztof Chełmiński, Patrizio Neff, Sebastian Owczarek

The purpose of this article is to prove the Hölder continuity up to the boundary of the displacement vector and the microrotation matrix for the quasistatic, rate-independent Arms…

math.AP2020

The isotropic Cosserat shell model including terms up to . Part II: Existence of minimizers

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Mircea Bîrsan, Peter Lewintan +1

We show the existence of global minimizers for a geometrically nonlinear isotropic elastic Cosserat 6-parameter shell model. The proof of the main theorem is based on the direct me…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017

Relaxed micromorphic modeling of the interface between a homogeneous solid and a band-gap metamaterial: new perspectives towards meta-structural design

Angela Madeo, Gabriele Barbagallo, Manuel Collet +3

In the present paper, the material parameters of the isotropic relaxed micromorphic model derived for a specific metamaterial in a previous contribution are used to model its trans…

math.AP2026

Polyconvexity implies Hill's inequality in

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff, Maximilian P. Wollner

For compressible nonlinear isotropic elasticity it is well known that rank-one convexity, polyconvexity and the monotonicity of the Cauchy stress tensor with respect to the logarit…

math.NA2022

Primal and mixed finite element formulations for the relaxed micromorphic model

Adam Sky, Michael Neunteufel, Ingo Muench +2

The classical Cauchy continuum theory is suitable to model highly homogeneous materials. However, many materials, such as porous media or metamaterials, exhibit a pronounced micros…

math.AP2023

Optimal incompatible Korn-Maxwell-Sobolev inequalities in all dimensions

Franz Gmeineder, Peter Lewintan, Patrizio Neff

We characterise all linear maps such that, for , \begin{align*} \|P\|_{L^{p^{*}}(\mathbb{R}^{n})}\leq…

math.AP2021

Nečas-Lions lemma revisited: An -version of the generalized Korn inequality for incompatible tensor fields

Peter Lewintan, Patrizio Neff

For we prove an -version of the generalized Korn inequality for incompatible tensor fields in . M…

math.AP2016

Existence result for a dislocation based model of single crystal gradient plasticity with isotropic or linear kinematic hardening

Francois Ebobisse, Patrizio Neff, Elias C. Aifantis

We consider a dislocation-based rate-independent model of single crystal gradient plasticity with isotropic or linear kinematic hardening. The model is weakly formulated through th…

math.NA2026

A structure-preserving discretisation of SO(3)-rotation fields for finite Cosserat micropolar elasticity

Lucca Schek, Peter Lewintan, Wolfgang Müller +5

We introduce a new method, dubbed Geometric Structure-Preserving Interpolation (-SPIN) to preserve physics-constraints inherent in the material parameter limits of the finite-s…