Variational model of martensitic thin films and its numerical treatment

Abstract

Following the derivation of the energy functional of martensitic thin films by Bhattacharya and James (1999) we propose a numerical approach to the relaxation theory of thin films. It is based on the approximation of the corresponding relaxed problem by a first-order laminate.

Finally, computational experiments are shown.

Keywords

• Variational model
• martensitic thin films