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 …

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 …

On the occasion of the centenary of the publication by the Cosserat brothers of the treatise
“Theorie des corps deformables”, a medley of ideas was listed which were inspired by that …

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 …

A porous material with large irregular holes is here studied as a hyperelastic continuum with
latent microstructure, and the mechanical balance equations are derived from the general …

Polycrystals are often modelled as Cosserat continua, the crystallographic directions within
single crystals being represented through elements of SO (3). To address the problem of an …

The meaning and the possible construction of the so-called damage potentials, used
frequently in models describing the progressive failure of materials, are analyzed within the …

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 …

Polycrystals are often modelled as Cosserat continua, the crystallographic directions within
single crystals being represented through elements of SO (3). To address the problem of an …