00925nas a2200121   4500008004100000245010900041210006900150260001300219520049100232100002500723700001900748856003600767       2012                        en  d00aConvergence of equilibria of thin elastic plates under physical growth conditions for the energy density0 aConvergence of equilibria of thin elastic plates under physical   bElsevier3 a<p>The asymptotic behaviour of the equilibrium configurations of a thin elastic plate is studied, as the thickness $h$ of the plate goes to zero. More precisely, it is shown that critical points of the nonlinear elastic functional $\mathcal E^h$, whose energies (per unit thickness) are bounded by $Ch^4$, converge to critical points of the $\Gamma$-limit of $h^{-4}\mathcal E^h$. This is proved under the physical assumption that the energy density $W(F)$ blows up as $\det F\to0$.</p>1 aMora, Maria Giovanna1 aScardia, Lucia  uhttp://hdl.handle.net/1963/3466