Nonlocal Continuum Field Theories
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Nonlocal continuum field theories are concerned with material bodies whose behavior at any interior point depends on the state of all other points in the body -- rather than only on an effective field resulting from these points -- in addition to its own state and the state of some calculable external field. Nonlocal field theory extends classical field theory by describing the responses of points within the medium by functionals rather than functions (the "constitutive relations" of classical field theory). Such considerations are already well known in solid-state physics, where the nonlocal interactions between the atoms are prevalent in determining the properties of the material. The tools developed for crystalline materials, however, do not lend themselves to analyzing amorphous materials, or materials in which imperfections are a major part of the structure. Nonlocal continuum theories, by contrast, can describe these materials faithfully at scales down to the lattice parameter. This book presents a unified approach to field theories for elastic solids, viscous fluids, and heat-conducting electromagnetic solids and fluids that include nonlocal effects in both space and time (memory effects). The solutions to the field equations agree remarkably well with atomic theories and experimental observations.
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Presents a unified approach to field theories for elastic solids, viscous fluids, and heatconducting electromagnetic solids and fluids that include nonlocal continuum effects in both space and time (memory effects).
Nonlocal Continuum Field Theories,A. Cemal Eringen,Springer,0387952756,Continuum mechanics,Engineering - Mechanical,Field Theory,Field theory (Physics),General,Physics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Waves & Wave Mechanics,Technology / Engineering / Mechanical
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