%0 Journal Article
%T On the commutability of homogenization and linearization in finite elasticity
%A Stefan M¨šller
%A Stefan Neukamm
%J Mathematics
%D 2010
%I arXiv
%R 10.1007/s00205-011-0438-7
%X We study non-convex elastic energy functionals associated to (spatially) periodic, frame indifferent energy densities with a single non-degenerate energy well at SO(n). Under the assumption that the energy density admits a quadratic Taylor expansion at identity, we prove that the Gamma-limits associated to homogenization and linearization commute. Moreover, we show that the homogenized energy density, which is determined by a multi-cell homogenization formula, has a quadratic Taylor expansion with a quadratic term that is given by the homogenization of the quadratic term associated to the linearization of the initial energy density.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3783v3