A new paradigm: The linear isotropic Cosserat model with conformally invariant curvature energy

ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-122

  Neff, Patrizio ^a   Jeong, Jena ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Ecole Speciale des Travaux Publics du Batiment et de l'Industrie ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Conformal transformations; Cosserat model; Microstructure; Polar materials; Solid mechanics; Structured continua; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849091044     PISSN: 00442267     EISSN: 15214001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zamm.200800156     Document Type: Article

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