Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (10): 1126-1133.

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RENEWAL OF BASIC LAWS AND PRINCIPLES FOR POLAR CON-TINUUM THEORIES (Ⅱ)—MICROMORPHIC CONTINUUM THEORY AND COUPLE STRESS THEORY

DAI Tian-min   

  1. Department of Mathematics and Center for the Application of Mathematics, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, P. R. China
  • Received:2002-04-11 Revised:2003-05-09 Online:2003-10-18 Published:2003-10-18
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10072024); the Research Foundation of Liaoning Education Committee(990111001)

Abstract: The purpose is to reestablish the balance laws of momentum, angular momentum and energy and to derive the corresponding local and nonlocal balance equations for micromorphic continuum mechanics and couple stress theory. The desired results for micromorphic continuum mechanics and couple stress theory are naturally obtained via direct transitions and reductions from the coupled conservation law of energy for micropolar continuum theory, respectively. The basic balance laws and equations for micromorphic continuum mechanics and couple stress theory are constituted by combining these results derived here and the traditional conservation laws and equations of mass and microinertia and the entropy inequality. The incomplete degrees of the former related continuum theories are clarified. Finally, some special cases are conveniently derived.

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