Asymptotically sharp weight Korn’s inequality for thin-walled elastic structures

Abstract

An elastic junction of several thin plates is considered. All the plates, except for one, called the basic plate, are rigidly clamped along parts of lateral surfaces. We deduce an asymptotically sharp Korn inequality which is weighted and anisotropic. The constant in this Korn inequality is independent of two parameters, the thickness h ∈ (0, 1] and relative rigidity μ ∈ (0, +∞) of the supporting and basic plates. The weight factors in the Sobolev norm on the basic plate essentially depend on the parameters h, μ and on the mutual disposition of the supporting plates. Sufficient geometric and algebraic conditions for the validity of Korn inequalities with various groups of weight factors are given. We also describe special constructions that show the impossibility to improve the obtained inequalities and the necessity of the restrictions imposed on the junction structure. Bibliography: 29 titles. Illustrations: 12 figures.