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Applications of a Weighted Symmetrization Inequality to Elastic Membranes and Plates

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This paper is devoted to some applications of a weighted symmetrization inequality related to a second order boundary value problem. We first interpret the inequality in the context of elastic membranes, and observe that it lends itself to make a comparison between the deflection of a membrane with a varying density with that of a membrane with a uniform density. Some mathematical consequences of the inequality including a stability result are presented. Moreover, a similar inequality where the underlying differential equation is of fourth order is also discussed.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, The Petroleum Institute, P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Behrouz Emamizadeh

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Emamizadeh, B. Applications of a Weighted Symmetrization Inequality to Elastic Membranes and Plates. J Inequal Appl 2010, 808693 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/808693

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