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In recent years there has been a remarkable progress in the mathematical understanding of variational principles for unstable materials phenomena. In this paper some of the techniques developed are outlined.
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Fonseca, I. (1996). Variational Techniques for Problems in Materials Science. In: Serapioni, R., Tomarelli, F. (eds) Variational Methods for Discontinuous Structures. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications, vol 25. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9244-5_16
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