On the formulation of balance laws for electromagnetic continua

David Steigmann (1)

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering [Berkeley]

Kovetz' formulation [1] of the system consisting of the linear momentum balance, momentof- momentum balance, energy balance and Clausius-Duhem inequality for electromagnetic media is derived from basic ideas in continuum mechanics and electromagnetism and shown thereby to be compatible with earlier formulations.

Domaines: Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]

David Steigmann. On the formulation of balance laws for electromagnetic continua. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 2009, 14 (4), pp.390-402. ⟨hal-00771740⟩