Korn inequality

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Korn inequality is a fundamental result in functional analysis and the mathematical theory of elasticity that provides bounds relating the full gradient of a vector field to its symmetric part, ensuring control of deformations by their strains.

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instanceOf mathematical inequality
result in functional analysis
result in mathematical elasticity
appliesTo displacement fields in elasticity
vector-valued Sobolev functions
dependsOn geometric properties of the domain
ensures coercivity of the elasticity bilinear form
control of deformations by their strains
well-posedness of linear elasticity problems
field functional analysis
mathematical theory of elasticity
generalizationOf Poincaré inequality for vector fields with symmetric gradient
guarantees equivalence of norms involving gradient and symmetric gradient under suitable conditions
hasParameter Korn constant
hasVersion Korn inequality on bounded domains NERFINISHED
Korn inequality on manifolds NERFINISHED
Korn inequality on unbounded domains NERFINISHED
Korn inequality with partial boundary conditions NERFINISHED
first Korn inequality
second Korn inequality
historicalPeriod early 20th century
holdsOn sufficiently regular domains
implies control of rigid body motions via boundary conditions
involves L2 norms
Sobolev norms
strain tensor
symmetric gradient
isToolFor compactness arguments in elasticity
derivation of plate and shell models from 3D elasticity
rigidity estimates
KornConstantDependsOn dimension of the space
KornConstantDependsOn shape of the domain
type of boundary conditions
languageOfOriginalWork German
namedAfter Arthur Korn NERFINISHED
relates full gradient of a vector field
symmetric part of the gradient
requires appropriate boundary conditions
type a priori estimate
coercivity estimate
usedFor establishing stability of numerical schemes in elasticity
proving existence of weak solutions in elasticity
usedIn calculus of variations
continuum mechanics
finite element analysis
linear elasticity
nonlinear elasticity
partial differential equations

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Poincaré inequality relatedTo Korn inequality