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Rejection of the principle of material frame indifference

Classical Physics 2017-02-07 v1 Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

The principle of material frame indifference is shown to be incompatible with the basic balance laws of continuum mechanics. In its role of providing constraints on possible constitutive prescriptions it must be replaced by the classical principle of Galilean invariance.

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@article{arxiv.1702.01235,
  title  = {Rejection of the principle of material frame indifference},
  author = {Giulio G. Giusteri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.01235},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

2 pages, 1 example and the general argument. Very simple