Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

2010

DOI

10.1016/j.camwa.2009.10.029

Publication Title

Computers & Mathematics with Applications

Volume

59

Issue

7

Pages

2139-2140

Abstract

(First paragraph) Matter, conceptually classified into fluids and solids, can be completely described by the microscopic physics of its constituent atoms or molecules. However, for most engineering applications a macroscopic or continuum description has usually been sufficient, because of the large disparity between the spatial and temporal scales relevant to these applications and the scales of the underlying molecular dynamics. In this case, the microscopic physics merely determines material properties such as the viscosity of a fluid or the elastic constants of a solid. These material properties cannot be derived within the macroscopic framework, but the qualitative nature of the macroscopic dynamics is usually insensitive to the details of the underlying microscopic interactions.

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Original Publication Citation

Hoekstra, A., Luo, L. S., & Krafczyk, M. (2010). Mesoscopic methods in engineering and science. Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 59(7), 2139-2140. doi:10.1016/j.camwa.2009.10.029

ORCID

0000-0003-1215-7892 (Luo)

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