We perform a renormalization group transformation to construct a lattice theory of chiral fermions. The field variables of the continuum theory are averaged over hypercubes to define lattice fields. Integrating out the continuum variables in perturbation theory we derive a chirally invariant effective action for the lattice fields. This is consistent with the Nielsen-Ninomiya theorem because th...

A method used recently to obtain a discrete formalism for classical fields with nonlocal actions preserving chiral symmetry and uniqueness of fermion fields yields a discrete version of Huygens’ principle with free discrete propagators that recover their continuum forms in certain limit.

The paper deals with the problem of nonlocal generalization of constitutive models such as microplane model M4 for concrete, in which the yield limits, called stress–strain boundaries, are softening functions of the total strain. Such constitutive models call for a different nonlocal generalization than those for continuum damage mechanics, in which the total strain is reversible, or for plasti...

In this paper nonlocal boundary conditions for the Navier–Stokes equations are derived, starting from the Boltzmann equation in the hydrodynamic limit. Basing on phenomenological arguments, two scattering kernels which model non–local interactions between the gas molecules and the wall boundary are proposed. They satisfy the global mass conservation and a generalized reciprocity relation. The a...

INTRODUCTION Investigations of bone stiffness and strength based on continuum finite element (FE) models have big advantages in terms of computational cost when compared to micro FE models. A nonlocal elastoplastic constitutive law with damage that leads to softening has recently been developed for the compressive behavior of trabecular bone [1]. Mechanical tests on human trabecular bone biopsi...

An alternative to conventional spacetime is proposed and rigorously formulated for nonlocal continuum field theories through the deployment of a fiber bundle-based superspace extension method. We develop, in increasing complexity, concept nonlocality starting from general considerations, going spatial dispersion, ending up with broad formulation that unveils link between topology generic materi...

We construct self-similar functions and linear operators to deduce a self-similar variant of the Laplacian operator and of the D'Alembertian wave operator. The exigence of self-similarity as a symmetry property requires the introduction of nonlocal particle-particle interactions. We derive a self-similar linear wave operator describing the dynamics of a quasicontinuous linear chain of infinite ...