gamma-convergence

Asymptotic properties of composites

Rita A. Ferreira, Research Scientist, Mean-field Games and Nonlinear PDE

Mar 14, 12:00 - 13:00

B9 L2 R2322 H1

gamma-convergence Asymptotic Performance Analysis

In this talk, I will start with an overview of my research to date. Then, I will address in more detail the study of the asymptotic behavior of a two-dimensional variational model within finite crystal plasticity for high-contrast bilayered composites. More precisely, we consider materials arranged into periodically alternated thin horizontal strips of an elastically rigid component and a softer one with one active slip system. The energies arising from our modeling assumptions are of integral form, featuring linear growth and non-standard differential constraints.

Rita A. Ferreira

Research Scientist, Mean-field Games and Nonlinear PDE

gamma-convergence Asymptotic Performance Analysis

Rita Ferreira is a Research Scientist at KAUST in the research group of Prof. Diogo Gomes, within the CEMSE Division. Rita received her dual Ph.D. degree in Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA, and at the New University of Lisbon (UNL), Portugal, in 2011. She was supervised by Prof. Irene Fonseca (CMU) and Prof. Luísa Mascarenhas (UNL). Before joining KAUST in 2014, Rita was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics of the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Instituto Superior