THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS

 

   TEORIJSKA I PRIMENJENA MEHANIKA  2002

Vol.28-29, pp.261-276

 

 

 

Summary: 

P. Podio-Guidugli

   
 

 

Contact interactions, stress, and material symmetry

 

 

An argument is given intimating that, for nonsimple materials, the concepts of contact interaction and material symmetry, as well as the bridging concept of stress, should be carefully revised and generalized.