A relaxation process for bifunctionals of displacement-Young measure state variables: A model of multi-material with micro-structured strong interface

Abstract

The gradient displacement field of a micro-structured strong interface of a three-dimensional multi-material is regarded as a gradient-Young measure so that the stored strain energy of the material is defined as a bifunctional of displacement-Young measure state variables. We propose a new model by computing a suitable variational limit of this bifunctional when the thickness and the stiffness of the strong material are of order ɛ and $\frac{1}{\varepsilon }$ respectively. The stored strain energy functional associated with the model in pure displacements living in a Sobolev space is obtained as the marginal map of the limit bifunctional. We also obtain a new asymptotic formulation in terms of Young measure state variable when considering the other marginal map.