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Continuum mechanics
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TL;DR: In this paper, a peridynamic formulation for the basic equations of continuum mechanics is proposed, and the propagation of linear stress waves in the new theory is discussed, and wave dispersion relations are derived.
Abstract: Some materials may naturally form discontinuities such as cracks as a result of deformation. As an aid to the modeling of such materials, a new framework for the basic equations of continuum mechanics, called the "peridynamic" formulation, is proposed. The propagation of linear stress waves in the new theory is discussed, and wave dispersion relations are derived. Material stability and its connection with wave propagation is investigated. It is demonstrated by an example that the reformulated approach permits the solution of fracture problems using the same equations either on or off the crack surface or crack tip. This is an advantage for modeling problems in which the location of a crack is not known in advance.
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01 Jan 2002TL;DR: Memory-dependent nonlocal nonlocal Electromagnetic Elastic Solids as mentioned in this paper have been shown to be memory-dependent on nonlocal elasticity and nonlocal linear elasticity, as well as nonlocal Linear Elasticity and Nonlocal Fluid Dynamics.
Abstract: 1. Motion and Deformation.- 2. Stress.- 3. Constitutive Axioms.- 4. Nonlocal Electromagnetic Theory.- 5. Constitutive Equations of Memory-Dependent Nonlocal Electromagnetic Elastic Solids.- 6. Nonlocal Linear Elasticity.- 7. Nonlocal Fluid Dynamics.- 8. Nonlocal Linear Electromagnetic Theory.- 9. Memory-Dependent Nonlocal Thermoelastic Solids.- 10. Memory-Dependent Nonlocal Fluids.- 11. Memory-Dependent Nonlocal Electromagnetic Elastic Solids.- 12. Memory-Dependent Nonlocal Electromagnetic Thermofluids.- 13. Nonlocal Microcontinua.- 14. Memory-Dependent Nonlocal Micropolar Electromagnetic Elastic Solids.- 15. Nonlocal Continuum Theory of Liquid Crystals.
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TL;DR: The basic physical concepts of classical continuum mechanics are body, configuration of a body, and force system acting on a body as mentioned in this paper, which can be expressed as follows: a body is regarded as a smooth manifold whose elements are the material points; a configuration is defined as a mapping of the body into a three-dimensional Euclidean space, and a force system is defined to be a vector-valued function defined for pairs of bodies.
Abstract: The basic physical concepts of classical continuum mechanics are body, configuration of a body, and force system acting on a body. In a formal rational development of the subject, one first tries to state precisely what mathematical entities represent these physical concepts: a body is regarded to be a smooth manifold whose elements are the material points; a configuration is defined as a mapping of the body into a three-dimensional Euclidean space, and a force system is defined to be a vector-valued function defined for pairs of bodies1. Once these concepts are made precise one can proceed to the statement of general principles, such as the principle of objectivity or the law of balance of linear momentum, and to the statement of specific constitutive assumptions, such as the assertion that a force system can be resolved into body forces with a mass density and contact forces with a surface density, or the assertion that the contact forces at a material point depend on certain local properties of the configuration at the point. While the general principles are the same for all work in classical continuum mechanics, the constitutive assumptions vary with the application in mind and serve to define the material under consideration.
1,885 citations
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01 Jan 1981TL;DR: In this paper, the NavierStokes Equations are used to define linear elasticity for tensor analysis, and the invariance of material response is established. But the analysis is restricted to finite elasticity and cannot be extended to infinite elasticity.
Abstract: Preface. Acknowledgments. Tensor Algebra. Tensor Analysis. Kinematics. Mass. Momentum. Force. Constitutive Assumptions. Inviscid Fluids. Change in Observer. Invariance of Material Response. Newtonian Fluids. The NavierStokes Equations. Finite Elasticity. Linear Elasticity. Appendix. References. Hints for Selected Exercises. Index.
1,751 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a nonlocal damage theory, which is based on the nonlocal treatment of damage from the local treatment of elastic behavior, and the only required modification is to replace the usual local damage energy release rate with its spatial average over the representative volume of the material whose size is a characteristic of a material.
Abstract: In the usual local finite element analysis, strain softening causes spurious mesh sensitivity and incorrect convergence when the element is refined to vanishing size. In a previous continuum formulation, these incorrect features were overcome by the imbricate nonlocal continuum, which, however, introduced some unnecessary computational complications due to the fact that all response was treated as nonlocal. The key idea of the present nonlocal damage theory is to subject to nonlocal treatment only those variables that control strain softening, and to treat the elastic part of the strain as local. The continuum damage mechanics formulation, convenient for separating the nonlocal treatment of damage from the local treatment of elastic behavior, is adopted in the present work. The only required modification is to replace the usual local damage energy release rate with its spatial average over the representative volume of the material whose size is a characteristic of the material. Avoidance of spurious mesh ...
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