THE MOTIVATION OF CONTINUUM CONCEPTS AND RELATIONS FROM DISCRETE CONSIDERATIONS

DOI10.1093/qjmam/36.2.163zbMath0517.73004OpenAlexW2132497282MaRDI QIDQ3666320

A. Ian Murdoch

Publication date: 1983

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmam/36.2.163

zbMATH Keywords

microstructurebalance relationsCosserat continuumdiscretefundamental conceptsnaive treatment of thermal motion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thermodynamics in solid mechanics (74A15) Micromechanics of solids (74M25) Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics (70F99) Micromechanical theories (74A60) Generalities, axiomatics, foundations of continuum mechanics of solids (74A99) Generalities, axiomatics, foundations of continuum mechanics of solids (74Axx)

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