Nonlocal Theories in Continuum Mechanics

The purpose of this paper is to explain why the standard continuum theory fails to properly describe certain mechanical phenomena and how the description can be improved by enrichments that incorporate the influence of gradients or weighted spatial averages of strain or of an internal variable. Thre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: M. Jirásek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CTU Central Library 2004-01-01
Series:Acta Polytechnica
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Online Access:https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap/article/view/610