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EQUATIONS OF ELASTIC HYPERSURFACES

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1. INTRODUCTION 5<br />

defines the canonical orthogonal projection π 2 S = π S onto the tangential space to S at the<br />

point t ∈ S :<br />

(ν, π S v) = ∑ j<br />

ν j v j − ∑ j,k<br />

ν 2 j ν k v k = 0 for all v = (v 1 , . . . , v n ) ⊤ ∈ R n .<br />

and, as usual, e j = (δ jk ) 1≤k≤n ∈ R n , with δ jk denoting the Kronecker symbol.<br />

Moreover, the surface divergence coincides with the operator<br />

Div S U =<br />

n∑<br />

D j U j , for U =<br />

j=1<br />

n∑<br />

U j ∂ j ∈ TS (1.12)<br />

and the Laplace-Beltrami operator with (see also [MM1, pp. 2ff and p. 8.])<br />

∆ S ϕ := Div S ∇ S ϕ =<br />

j=1<br />

n∑<br />

Dj 2 ϕ , ϕ ∈ C 2 (S ) . (1.13)<br />

j=1<br />

Relatively simple form of recorded operators enables simplified treatment of corresponding<br />

boundary value problems, which require proofs of Korn’s inequalities or similar.<br />

Besides Laplace-Beltrami and Láme operators are develop representation of the Hodge-<br />

Laplacian, Bochner-Laplacian and Stoke’s, as well as their associated boundary value problems,<br />

on a hypersurface S in R n . Writing them in the cartesian coordinates in R n and<br />

demonstrate the investigation of classical boundary value problems for them.<br />

Alternatively, the Laplace-Beltrami operator (1.13) is the natural operator associated<br />

with the Euler-Lagrange equations for the variational integral<br />

E [u] = − 1 ∫<br />

‖Du‖ 2 dS. (1.14)<br />

2<br />

A similar approach, based on the principle that, at equilibrium, the displacement minimizes<br />

the potential energy (a Koiter’s model), leads to the following expression for the Lamé<br />

operator L S on S :<br />

S<br />

L S U = µπ S Div S ∇ S U + (λ + µ) ∇ S Div S U + µ H 0<br />

S W S U , (1.15)<br />

(cf. (1.11) for the projection π S ) for arbitrary (tangential) vector fields U on S , which are<br />

tangential to S . Above, λ, µ ∈ R are the Lamé moduli, whereas<br />

H 0<br />

S = −Div S ν := −<br />

n∑<br />

D j ν j , W S = − [ D j ν k<br />

]n×n . (1.16)<br />

j=1<br />

Note, that HS 0 := (n − 1)−1 HS 0 and W S represent, respectively, the mean curvature (cf.<br />

(2.204)) and the Weingarten mapping (cf. (2.233)) of S . This identification ensures that<br />

the boundary-value problem<br />

⎧<br />

⎪⎨<br />

⎪⎩<br />

U = (U 1 , ..., U n ) ⊤ ∈ H s+1/2 (S ), R n ) , U · ν = 0 in S ,<br />

µ π S<br />

(<br />

DivS ∇ S U ) + (λ + µ) ∇ S Div S U + µ H 0<br />

S W S U = 0 in S ,<br />

U ∣ ∣<br />

Γ<br />

= f ∈ H s (∂S , R n ) , f · ν = f · ν Γ = 0 on Γ := ∂S<br />

(1.17)

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