On the asymmetry of the stress tensor of materials with internal degrees of freedom

It was first shown by West that the stress tensor in the balance of linear momentum can be chosen to be symmetric. In this paper some consequences of this symmetrization procedure and its physical meaning are studied. On a statistical mechanical basis an asymmetric stress tensor for materials with internal degrees of freedom is derived. Arguments are given that the asymmetric stress tensor has to be preferred to the symmetrized one.

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Year of publication:	1981
Authors:	Oevel, W. ; Schröter, J.
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 105.1981, 1, p. 169-186
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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