Cosserat Continuum Mechanics: With Applications to Granular Media by Ioannis Vardoulakis
English | PDF | 2019 | 183 Pages | ISBN : 3319951556 | 3.2 MB
This textbook explores the theory of Cosserat continuum mechanics, and covers fundamental tools, general laws and major models, as well as applications to the mechanics of granular media. While classical continuum mechanics is based on the axiom that the stress tensor is symmetric, theories such as that expressed in the seminal work of the brothers Eugène and François Cosserat are characterized by a non-symmetric stress tensor.