THE MOTIVATION OF CONTINUUM CONCEPTS AND RELATIONS FROM DISCRETE CONSIDERATIONS

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DOI10.1093/qjmam/36.2.163zbMath0517.73004MaRDI 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


74A15: Thermodynamics in solid mechanics

74M25: Micromechanics of solids

70F99: Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics

74A60: Micromechanical theories

74A99: Generalities, axiomatics, foundations of continuum mechanics of solids

74Axx: Generalities, axiomatics, foundations of continuum mechanics of solids


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