Abstract
Using a balance law for microforces and an appropriate statement of the second law of thermodynamics, a framework is provided for continuum theories that involve a microstructural variable. Examples of specific physical theories that fall within that framework—spanning internal state-variable theories for plasticity and polymeric solutions, order-parameter based theories for phase transitions, and various theories for liquid crystals-are given.
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Fried, E. Continua described by a microstructural field. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 47, 168–175 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00917581
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