Continual-discrete modelling of a multicomponent laminar body by using a system of two-dimensional continua (Q757154)

A method is considered for constructing continuous-discrete models of multicomponent layered bodies by using a system consisting of an arbitrary number of two-dimensional continua with finite intervals between them. Consistency relationships are presented for the fundamental kinematic deformation, and dynamic parameters which enable rheological relationships to be obtained for the body as a whole taking the properties and nature of the interaction of the individual components into account. An example of the modelling of a thin laminar elastic body is examined. Methods for modelling a biological membrane are discussed.