We show how a general description of microstructural changes in a macroscopically rigid
conductor implies finite-speed propagation of temperature variations. In this way, we …

We present a thermodynamically-based formulation for mechanical modeling of faulting
processes in the seismogenic brittle crust using a continuum damage–breakage rheology …

We present simulations of dynamic ruptures in a continuum damage–breakage rheological
model and waves radiated by the ruptures and observed in the far field. The propagating …

The mechanical balance equations for a body with microstructure are derived from an
expansion of the general Noll's axiom of frame-indifference that takes into account the …

We discuss a multi-scale continuum representation of bodies made of several mass particles
flowing independently each other. From an invariance procedure and a nonstandard …

In this paper we formulate balance principles for an immiscible mixture of continua with
microstructure in the broadest sense to include, eg, diffusion and adsorption phenomena …

In a dilatant granular material with rotating grains the kinetic energy in addition to the usual
translational one consists of three terms owing to the microstructural motion; in particular, it …

The thermo-mechanical balance and constitutive equations for a porous material with large
irregular pores are investigated by imposing internal kinematic and thermal constraints on …

We present a micro-mechanical continuum model used for the description of dilatant
granular materials with incompressible rotating grains for which the kinetic energy, in …

The thermo-mechanical balance equations for a porous material with big irregular pores are
derived from the general ones for a medium with ellipsoidal microstructure by imposing the …