In this paper, we study nonlocal gradients and their relationship to classical gradients. As the nonlocality vanishes we demonstrate the convergence of nonlocal gradients to their local analogue for Sobolev and BV functions. As a consequence of these localizations we give new characterizations of the Sobolev and BV spaces that are in the same spirit of Bourgain, Brezis, and Mironsecu’s 2001 cha...

A study of existence and uniqueness weak solutions to boundary value problems describing an elastic body with weakly nonlocal surface elasticity is presented. The chosen model incorporates the strain energy as a quadratic function tensor deformation gradients up Nth order. virtual work principle, extended for higher-order gradient media, serves basis defining solution. In order characterize smo...

To understand sparse systems, we must account for both strong local atom bonds and weak nonlocal van der Waals forces between atoms separated by empty space. A fully nonlocal functional form [Phys. Rev. B 62, 6997 (2000)]] of density-functional theory (DFT) is applied here to the layered systems graphite, boron nitride, and molybdenum sulfide to compute bond lengths, binding energies, and compr...

Center for Concrete and Geomaterials, Northwestern University, Tech-241 0, Evanston, I L 60208 A recent nonlocal damage formulation, in which the spatially averaged quantity was the energy dissipated due to strain-softening, is extended to a more general form in which the strain remains local while any variable that controls strain-softening is nonlocal, In contrast to the original imbricate no...

Nanoplates have been extensively utilized in the recent years for applications nanoengineering as sensors and actuators. Due to their operative nanoscale, mechanical behavior of such structures might also be influenced by inter-atomic material interactions. For these reasons, nonlocal models are usually introduced studying behavior. Sensor technology plate should formulated with coupled mechani...

Near the critical layer, a large-amplitude laser beam creates a transverse plasma channel due to the ponderomotive force. The axis of the channel is normal to the ambient density gradient. Inside the channel, the laser beam decays into counterpropagating ion acoustic and Langmuir waves. A nonlocal theory of the process is developed for a parabolic density profile. The growth rate of the instabi...

We propose a new hybrid quasicontinuum model which captures both long and short-wave instabilities of crystal lattices and combines the advantages of weakly nonlocal (gradient) and strongly nonlocal continuum models. To illustrate the idea we consider a simple one-dimensional lattice exhibiting commensurate and incommensurate short-wave instabilities and compute stability limits for the homogen...

fabrication, characterization and application of micro-/nano-rods/wires are among the hottest topics in materials science and applied physics. micro-/nano-rod-based structures and devices are developed for a wide-ranging use in various fields of micro-/nanoscience (e.g. biology, electronics, medicine, optics, optoelectronics, photonics and sensors). it is well known that the structure and prope...