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Hodiernal continuum mechanics is multiscale and multiphysics, in that it deals with situations where interdependent phenomena take place at different scales in material bodies that often must be regarded as an interactive composition of more than one of the basic structures of phenomenological physics, that is to say, the mechanical, thermal, electrical, and magnetic structures. Plurality of scales and physical structures calls for various adjustments of the standard modeling format.
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Podio-Guidugli, P. (2019). The Principle of Virtual Powers. In: Continuum Thermodynamics. SISSA Springer Series, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11157-1_3
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