Continuum Description of Granular Materials

Author:   Sergio H. Faria ,  Kolumban Hutter ,  Nina Kirchner ,  Yongqi Wang
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   1st ed. 2026
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9783540722458


Pages:   550
Publication Date:   November 2008
Format:   Hardback
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A thematic introduction to the modern theory of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics is presented from the viewpoint of granular and porous materials. In the approach taken here, granular and porous media are treated as continuous macroscopic systems of which the overall response is significantly influenced and determined by microstructural effects. In the continuum mechanical modeling, those microscale effects are captured by the introduction of so-called internal variables which account for geometric and material inhomogeneities or the multiphase nature of granular mixtures. Describing the evolution of such internal variables by additional balance laws, the resulting continuum-thermodynamical system requires careful analysis, including, e.g. the application of the entropy principle of Muller with the corresponding approach of exploitation as suggested by Liu. The book is self-contained and addresses an interdisciplinary audience including civil and geotechnical engineers, physicists, applied mathematicians, soil mechanicians and continuum mechanicians.

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Author:   Sergio H. Faria ,  Kolumban Hutter ,  Nina Kirchner ,  Yongqi Wang
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   1st ed. 2026
ISBN:  

9783540722458


ISBN 10:   3540722459
Pages:   550
Publication Date:   November 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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