Macroscopic limits of microscopic models

Many physical systems are comprised of several discrete elements, the equations of motion of each element being known. If the system has a large number of degrees of freedom, it may be possible to treat it as a continuous system. In this event, one might wish to derive the equations of motion of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abeyaratne, Rohan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Manchester University Press 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97931
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2912-1538