On the bending of micropolar viscoelastic plates

The theory of micropolar elastic plates has been established by [A.C. Eringen, Linear theory of micropolar viscoelasticity, Int. J. Engng. Sci. 5 (1967) 191–204]. The present paper is concerned with the bending of micropolar viscoelastic plates within the dynamic theory. First, the basic equations of the bending theory of viscoelastic thin plates are presented. Then, a variational characterization of solutions and a minimum principle of Reiss type are established.