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Abstract:
This special session will highlight some of the recent advances in the variational modelling and analysis of elastic and complex materials. Our understanding of materials ranging from liquid crystals to elastic composites has benefited from careful study using tools from the Calculus of Variations, including PDE analysis and $Gamma$-convergence techniques, as well as Homogenisation theory. The topics of this session will be drawn from these areas and will showcase the often very fruitful interaction between analysis and materials modelling.
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