A critique of atomistic definitions of the stress tensor

DOI10.1007/s10659-007-9121-5zbMath1120.74005OpenAlexW2047918057MaRDI QIDQ2385453

A. Ian Murdoch

Publication date: 12 October 2007

Published in: Journal of Elasticity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-007-9121-5

zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy stress tensorforce density fieldinteraction stress tensor fieldspatial atomistic averaging

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stress (74A10) Molecular, statistical, and kinetic theories in solid mechanics (74A25)

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