Numerical Approach to Double Well Problems

This paper deals with two-sided numerical energy estimates of a solution to two-dimensional double well problems. These estimates are obtained by computing the energy appropriate for the polyconvex envelope and an upper estimate of the energy appropriate for the rank-one convex envelope of the energy density. Examples of computed laminated microstructures are shown.

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