Publisher Summary Multifield theories indicate the wide range of models in which some
graphic fields must be introduced to describe the influence of material substructures on the …

Mutations in solids are defined here as dissipative reorganizations of the material texture at
different spatial scales. We discuss possible views on the description of material mutations …

We prove a claim by Brian Straughan who conjectured that Payne–Song's and modified
Guyer–Krumhansl's equations can be justified in (and derived from) the general model …

Topological features have a ubiquitous influence on the behaviour of condensed matter,
from the qualitative analysis of fluids flows to the classification of defects in simple and …

A unified framework for analyzing the existence of ground states in wide classes of elastic
complex bodies is presented here. The approach makes use of classical semicontinuity …

Foundational issues, analysis and geometry in continuum mechanics: introduction |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering …

This article introduces the collection of papers in this issue of the Philosophical Transactions
of the Royal Society A and offers a perspective view on the description of the mechanics of …

We analyze geometrical structures necessary to represent bulk and surface interactions of
standard and substructural nature in complex bodies. Our attention is mainly focused on the …

The action exerted on a defect or inclusion in an elastic solid by the surrounding medium
can be expressed by means of the space-like part of the Noether energy momentum tensor …

We propose and analyze a multi-scale and multi-field description of complex materials in
which we consider every material element as a system composed by Q ∈ NQ∈ N indistinct …