Continua described by a microstructural field |
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| Authors: | Eliot Fried |
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| Institution: | (1) Dept of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801-2935 Urbana, IL, USA |
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| Abstract: | Using a balance law for microforces and an appropriate statement of the second law of thermodynamics, a framework is provided for continuum theories that involve a microstructural variable. Examples of specific physical theories that fall within that framework—spanning internal state-variable theories for plasticity and polymeric solutions, order-parameter based theories for phase transitions, and various theories for liquid crystals-are given. |
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