Balance laws versus the Principle of Virtual Work and the limited scope of Noll’s theorem
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
Published online on April 28, 2026
Abstract
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, Ahead of Print.
The relationship between balance laws and the Principle of Virtual Work as well as the structure of contact interactions in continua remain foundational issues in Mechanics. In this work, we revisit these issues within the distributional framework ...
The relationship between balance laws and the Principle of Virtual Work as well as the structure of contact interactions in continua remain foundational issues in Mechanics. In this work, we revisit these issues within the distributional framework ...