By adopting the variational point of view, the constitutive equations of a non linear elastic plate are deduced under kinematical constraints on the admissible deformations.

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Valentina Casarino

Dipartimento di Matematica dell’universitá di Genova Via Dodecaneso 37, 16100 Genova, Italy.

Danilo Percivale

Istituto Matematico di Ingegneria, Fiera del mare Pad. D, Piazzale J.F.Kennedy, 16100 Genova, Italy

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