 Deformation twinning

Deformation twinning joins differently oriented crystal variants across a coherent interface. In a piecewise affine nonlinear elasticity model the two deformation gradients must differ by $a\otimes N$, where $N$ is the reference interface normal. The Hadamard jump condition gives this requirement from continuity along every interface tangent. Compatible alternating layers can then make a mixture of variants whose macroscopic shape differs from either variant alone.