Researchers Formulate Eight Three-Dimensional Non-Local Stress-Gradient Models for Materials
Physicists have developed eight three-dimensional extensions of Eringen's stress-gradient non-local model by replacing scalar parameters with vector operators, classifying them into scalar and tensor types. The work extends a one-dimensional framework to three dimensions and derives compatibility conditions and Green's functions for each model. This theoretical advancement could improve understanding of how materials behave at scales where non-local effects become significant.
Researchers have formulated and classified eight three-dimensional versions of the Eringen stress-gradient non-local model, a theoretical framework for describing materials where stress at one point depends on deformation at distant points. The models are divided into three scalar-type and five tensor-type variants, distinguished by the mathematical operators used to represent non-locality. The authors derived compatibility conditions ensuring the symmetry of the Cauchy stress tensor and calculated non-locality kernels (Green's functions) for each model using Fourier integral transforms. The analysis reveals that all scalar-type models exhibit isotropy, while tensor-type models are anisotropic, with some showing directional preferences in non-local behavior. These theoretical developments provide a more comprehensive mathematical framework for studying non-local effects in three-dimensional materials.
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The paper does not discuss experimental validation of these theoretical models or their practical applications to specific material systems. The limitations and open questions regarding which model formulations best describe real materials, and under what physical conditions each model would be most appropriate, are not addressed in the abstract.
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Formulation of stress-gradient models describing three-dimensional non-local medium
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