This chapter is devoted to fundamental issues common to coupled fields inside a crystalline body deforming plastically. A lot of figures, some of them being very simple, serve to make the text more comprehensive. It is basic for almost all the subjects in the subsequent chapters of this monograph. When necessary, in each of the following chapters a brief kinematical addendum is given.
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Mićunović, M.V. (2009). Physical and Geometrical Background. In: Thermomechanics of Viscoplasticity. Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics, vol 20. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89490-4_1
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