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A unified set of hydrodynamic equations describing condensed phases of matter with broken continuous symmetries is derived using a generalization of the statistical-mechanical approach based on the local equilibrium distribution. The…
In this work, using the framework of (three-dimensional) Eshelbian dislocation mechanics, we derive the $J$-, $M$-, and $L$-integrals of a single (edge and screw) dislocation in isotropic elasticity as a limit of the $J$-, $M$-, and…
In the present work, we develop the Green's function apparatus and extend its applicability to the study of microscopic anisotropic effects in real conducting materials. The problem of the previously proposed approaches written in terms of…
In this paper, we deduce a macroscopic strain gradient theory for plasticity from a model of discrete dislocations. We restrict our analysis to the case of a cylindrical symmetry for the crystal in exam, so that the mathematical formulation…
The rising interest in Dirac materials, condensed matter systems where low-energy electronic excitations are described by the relativistic Dirac Hamiltonian, entails a need for microscopic effective models to analytically describe their…
This paper introduces a high-order accurate surface integral equation method for solving 3D electromagnetic scattering for dielectric objects with uniaxially anisotropic permittivity tensors. The N-M\"uller formulation is leveraged…
The paper addresses the underlying source of two forms of induced anisotropy in granular materials: contact orientation anisotropy and contact force anisotropy. A rational, mathematical structure is reviewed for the manner in which fabric…
In this paper we study the connection between four models describing dislocation dynamics: a generalized 2D Frenkel-Kontorova model at the atomic level, the Peierls-Nabarro model, the discrete dislocation dynamics and a macroscopic model…
The stress fields of dislocations predicted by classical elasticity are known to be unrealistically large approaching the dislocation core, due to the singular nature of the theory. While in many cases this is remedied with the…
We derive strain-gradient plasticity from a nonlocal phase-field model of dislocations in a plane. Both a continuous energy with linear growth depending on a measure which characterizes the macroscopic dislocation density and a nonlocal…
3D-printed digital materials whose mechanical behavior travels between those from thermoplastic to rubbery polymers have become increasingly important. However, their mechanical functionalities have not been fully exploited due to intrinsic…
In this paper the Feynman Green function for Maxwell's theory in curved space-time is studied by using the Fock-Schwinger-DeWitt asymptotic expansion; the point-splitting method is then applied, since it is a valuable tool for regularizing…
Transverse and parallel static susceptibilities of in-plane uniaxial anisotropic ferromagnetic films are calculated within many-body Green's function theory on the basis of an Heisenberg model. The importance of collective magnetic…
The behaviour of ferromagnetic systems with single-ion anisotropies in more than one direction is investigated with many-body Green's function theory generalizing earlier work with uniaxial anisotropies only. It turns out to be of advantage…
Fundamental solutions for two- and three-dimensional linear isotropic size-dependent couple stress elasticity are derived, based upon the decomposition of displacement fields into dilatational and solenoidal components. While several…
We propose a thermodynamic formalism, within the particle-frame, for the energy-momentum tensor of irreversible anisotropic imperfect fluids subject to causality. Building on the Israel-Stewart extension of Eckart's theory, we further…
This work comprises a detailed theoretical and computational study of the boundary value problem for transversely isotropic linear elastic bodies. General conditions for well-posedness are derived in terms of the material parameters. The…
We find the analytic expression of the trace of powers of the reduced density matrix on an interval of length L, for a massive boson field in 1+1 dimensions. This is given exactly (except for a non universal factor) in terms of a finite sum…
The theory of first strain gradient elasticity (SGE) is widely used to model size and non-local effects observed in materials and structures. For a material whose microstructure is centrosymmetric, SGE is characterized by a sixth-order…
This article describes the theoretical foundation of and explicit algorithms for a novel approach to morphology and anisotropy analysis of complex spatial structure using tensor-valued Minkowski functionals, the so-called Minkowski tensors.…