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In this chapter conservation considerations are firstly introduced. The virtual work principle, together with equilibrium equations in generalized curvilinear coordinate systems, are briefed under the auspices of the new mathematical representation, with working examples of how they reduce in cartesian, polar cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems. Finally, the definition of the concept of the traction motor—in accordance to the concept of the traction vector through Cauchy’s tetrahedron—is detailed.
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Vardoulakis, I. (2019). Cosserat Continuum Statics. In: Cosserat Continuum Mechanics . Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, vol 87. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95156-0_4
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