Potential methods in continuum mechanics

Variational Methods, Multisymplectic Geometry and Continuum Mechanics

This paper presents a variational and multisymplectic formulation of both compressible and incompressible models of continuum mechanics on general Riemannian manifolds. A general formalism is developed for non-relativistic first-order multisymplectic field theories with constraints, such as the incompressibility constraint. The results obtained in this paper set the stage for multisymplectic re...

Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Continuum Mechanics

We present an overview of hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin methods for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) in continuum mechanics [1, 2, 3, 4]. The essential ingredients are a local Galerkin projection of the underlying PDEs at the element level onto spaces of polynomials of degree k to parametrize the numerical solution in terms of the numerical trace; a judicious choice of the nu...

‌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...

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...