Title: Dimensional reduction for plates based on mixed variational principles Authors: Stephen M. Alessandrini, Douglas N. Arnold, Richard S. Falk, and Alexandre L. Madureira Source: in: "Shells (Santiago de Compostela 1997)", Cursos Congr. Univ. Santiago de Compostela, vol. 105, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 1997, pp. 25-28 Status: Published Abstract: We consider the derivation and rigorous justification of models for thin linearly elastic plates using mixed variational principles. Keywords: plate, dimensional reduction, mixed variational principle Subj. class.: 73K10, 73C02 URL: http://ima.umn.edu/~arnold/papers/santiago.pdf