Configurational Forces as Basic Concepts of Continuum Physics

• Main Author: Gurtin, Morton E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2000.
• Series: Applied Mathematical Sciences, 137
• Subjects: Physics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Materials science.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Applications of Mathematics.

For the last decade, the author has been working to extend continuum mechanics to treat moving boundaries in materials focusing, in particular, on problems of metallurgy. This monograph presents a rational treatment of the notion of configurational forces; it is an effort to promote a new viewpoint....