Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1562141 | Computational Materials Science | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Mindlin [22] wrote a milestone paper claiming that a second strain gradient theory is required for a continuum description of volume cohesion and surface tension in isotropic elastic media. The objective of the present work is to compare Mindlin’s approach to more standard capillarity models based on a first strain gradient theory and Korteweg’s equation. A general micromorphic model is then proposed as a numerical method to implement Mindlin’s theory in a finite element code.
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Authors
S. Forest, N.M. Cordero, E.P. Busso,