Date
Tue, 23 Oct 2018
Time
14:30 - 15:00
Location
L5
Speaker
Alexei Gazca
Organisation
Oxford

In the classical theory of fluid mechanics, a linear relationship between the stress and rate of strain is often assumed. Even when this relationship is non-linear, it is typically formulated in terms of an explicit relation. Implicit constitutive theories provide a theoretical framework that generalises this, allowing a, possibly multi-valued, implicit constitutive relation. Since it is not possible to solve explicitly for the stress in the constitutive relation, a more natural approach would be to include the stress as a fundamental unknown in the formulation of the problem. In this talk I will present a formulation with this feature and a proof of convergence of the finite element approximations to a solution of the original problem.

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