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Tsvetanka Sendova

Postdoctoral Associate


Contact Information:

Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications
University of Minnesota
114 Lind Hall, 207 Church St.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Office: 354 Lind Hall
Phone: (612) 626-0045
Email: sendova@ima.umn.edu
Web: http://www.ima.umn.edu/~sendova


Education:
Publications:
  • The Effect of Surface Tension in Modeling Interfacial Fracture, T. Sendova, J.R. Walton, in preparation

  • A Branch-Following and Bifurcation Investigation of Atomic-Scale Problems, R.S. Elliott, E.B. Tadmor, T. Sendova, in preparation

  • A New Approach to the Modeling and Analysis of Fracture through Extension of Continuum Mechanics to the Nanoscale, T. Sendova, J.R. Walton, to appear Math. Mech. Solids, 2008. pdf

  • Constitutive Restrictions for a Hyperelastic Laminar Material with One Fiber Family, Based upon Strain Invariants Yielding Orthogonal Stress Response Terms, T. Sendova, J.R. Walton, Proceedings 3rd. Canadian Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, CanCNSM, Toronto, 2008. pdf

  • On Strong Ellipticity for Isotropic Hyperelastic Materials Based upon Logarithmic Strain, T. Sendova and J.R. Walton, Int. J. Non-Linear Mech., 40(2-3), pp.195-212, 2005.

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