U.S.-Italy Cooperative Research: Continuum Theories of Bodies with Microstructure and Liquid Crystals

该奖项将支持教授之间的合作研究。 约翰霍普金斯大学的克利福德·特鲁斯德尔和约翰·霍普金斯大学的教授。 意大利比萨大学的Gianfranco Capriz说。 的 研究人员建议使用连续体的技术和方法， 热力学理解和发展现象理论 发生在复杂系统中，如液晶和混合物。 这种介质的放置不仅取决于 位移和温度，还有局部参数。 这些 可以是几何的或运动学的;例如， 多孔介质，液晶光轴，超流体 在液氦中的速度 调查人员还打算调查 这些理论的基础。 研究者们有着悠久的历史， 在理性力学的合作，美国PI是一个 美国连续介质力学学派的创始人 他 捐款对发展产生了重大影响 物理现象的数学模型。 两位调查员都 在吸引年轻工人方面取得了不同寻常的成功， 重大问题并促进双方更好的接触 美国和意大利的研究人员。 该奖项将有助于 继续开展这些活动，从而进一步实现 美国--意大利方案。

This award will support collaborative research between Prof. Clifford Truesdell of The Johns Hopkins University and Prof. Gianfranco Capriz of the University of Pisa, Italy. The researchers propose to use techniques and methods of continuum thermodynamics to understand and develop theories of phenomena occurring in complex systems such as liquid crystals and mixtures. The placements of such a medium are determined by not only the displacement and the temperature, but also local parameters. These may be geometrical or kinematical; for example, void fractions in porous media, the optical axis of a liquid crystal, the superfluid velocity in liquid helium. The investigators also intend to look at the foundations of such theories. The researchers have had a long history of productive and deep collaboration in rational mechanics, the U.S. PI being one of the founders of the U.S. school of continuum mechanics. His contributions have had a significant impact in the development of mathematical models of physical phenomena. Both investigators have been unusually successful in attracting young workers to significant problems and promoting better contacts between researchers in the U.S. and Italy. This award will help to continue these activities and thus furthers the objectives of the U.S.-Italy Program.