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Functionally Graded Media

arXiv:0711.2638 · doi:10.1063/1.2958170

Abstract

The notions of uniformity and homogeneity of elastic materials are reviewed in terms of Lie groupoids and frame bundles. This framework is also extended to consider the case Functionally Graded Media, which allows us to obtain some homogeneity conditions.

20 pages, 5 figures

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