Variational Problems in Materials Science

Remarks on a Multiscale Approach to Grain Growth in Polycrystals. - Another Brick in the Wall. - Variational Problems for Functionals Involving the Value Distribution. - Bi-Modal Cohesive Energies. - Criterion for Tricritical Points in Liquid Crystal Phases. - Asymptotics of Boundary Value Problems for Supercritical Ginzburg-Landau Energies. - An Introduction to H-measures and Their Applications. - A Singular Perturbation Result with a Fractional Norm. - Smooth and Creased Equilibria for Elastic-plastic Plates and Beams. - On Concentrated Contact Interactions. - Discontinuous Hysteresis and P. D. E. s.