GENERALIZED CONTINUUM MECHANICS

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Multi-field approach in generalized mechanics of structural solids

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• Multi-field solitons: Usually solitons are described by a single continuous function. The N-field soliton is described by N field functions. We construct multi-field generalized continuum models to obtain them.

• [Presentation, pdf, 1.8 Mb]: Miroshnichenko A.E., Vasiliev A.A. Multi-field modelling of short wavelength deformations for Cosserat solids Proceedings of the XXII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (XXII ICTAM 2008), 24-29 August 2008, Adelaide, Australia, J. Denier, M.D. Finn, and T Mattner (editors), Article 10926, ISBN 978-0-9805142-1-6 [.Pdf, 123Kb]

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