A note on $3$d-$1$d dimension reduction with differential constraints
Carolin Kreisbeck · Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - S · 2016
Starting from three-dimensional variational models with energies subject to a general type of PDE constraint, we use Γ-convergence methods to derive reduced limit models for thin strings by letting the diameter of the cross section tend to zero. A combination of dimension reduction with homogenization techniques allows for addressing the case of thin strings with fine heterogeneities in the form of periodically oscillating structures. Finally, applications of the results in the classical gradient case, corresponding to nonlinear elasticity with Cosserat vectors, as well as in micromagnetics are discussed.