Multiscale modeling in continuum mechanics: A connection to the Irving-Kirkwood procedure.

Panayiotis Papadopoulos, University of California, Berkeley
April 9th, 2014 at 3:30PM–4:30PM in 939 Evans Hall [Map]

This talk describes a process for extending the classical Irving-Kirkwood procedure used in statistical mechanics to extract local fluxes to the problem of continuum-mechanical multiscale modeling. An application of this extended method is explored within the context of finite element-based homogenization of solids. Expressions for stress and heat flux derived here are contrasted to those obtained using the standard Hill-Mandel approach.