Continuum mechanics and signals in nerves

‌Progressive Damage Analysis of Laminated Composites using Continuum Damage Mechanics

In this paper, progressive damage and global failure of composite laminates under quasi-static, monotonic loading are investigated using 3D continuum damage mechanics. For this purpose, a finite element program has been developed using an eight-node 2D layered element including layer-wise plate theory. Damage analysis of a single orthotropic layer under various uniform in-plane and transverse l...

Nonrelativistic and Relativistic Continuum Mechanics

There is described a spacetime formulation of both nonrelativistic and relativistic elasticity. Specific attention is devoted to the causal structure of the theories and the availability of local existence theorems for the initial-value problem. Much of the presented material is based on joint work of B.G.Schmidt and the author (in Class.Quantum Grav.20 (2003), 889-904).

Transversality Condition in Continuum Mechanics

Continuum Mechanics in Physics Education

physics education is the nearly complete absence of continuum mechanics in the typical undergraduate or graduate curriculum. Continuum mechanics refers to field descriptions of mechanical phenomena, which are usually modeled by partial differential equations. The Navier–Stokes equations for the velocity and pressure fields of Newtonian fluids provide an important example, but continuum modeling...

Balanced Powers in Continuum Mechanics

An approach to weak balance laws in Continuum Mechanics is presented, involving densities with only divergence measure, which relies on the balance of power. An equivalence theorem between Cauchy powers and Cauchy fluxes is proved. As an application of this method, the construction of the stress tensor when the body is an orientable differential manifold is achieved under very general assumptions.