MICROPOLAR CONTINUUM MECHANICS IS MORE PROFOUND THAN CLASSICAL CONTINUUM MECHANICS

Abstract

Abstract: This paper expounds the characteristic features of the micropolar continuum theory by developing micropolar continuum models for the static, dynamic and buckling analysis of beam-like or plate-like lattices with rigid joints, by analysing the Newton-micropolar stratified fluid model for blood and by producing experimental proofs demonstrating the micropolar property for human compact bone. In particular, it explains from the point of view of application that the micropolar continuum mechanics is a theory more profound than classical continuum mechanics. Presented in this paper is also a description of some recent advances in applications.

Key words: generalized Ginzburg-Landau equation, inhomogeneous initial-boundary value problem, weak solution, global existence

Lu Zhang-ji . MICROPOLAR CONTINUUM MECHANICS IS MORE PROFOUND THAN CLASSICAL CONTINUUM MECHANICS. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 1987, 8(10): 939-946.

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