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Showing symmetry of the stress tensor by applying divergence theorem to $\int\int_{\delta V(t)} \vec{x}\times \vec{t} dS$
I'm currently working through the symmetry of the stress tensor, in relation to viscous flow. I am looking at this by examining the conservation of angular momentum equation for a material volume ...
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What's the relativistic energy of a moving strained spring as $k\to\infty$
Suppose a spring with stiffness $k$, is strained by constant forces on each end.
In a frame where the strained spring moves at a constant velocity, what's the total relativistic energy of the moving ...
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Symmetry of the stress tensor
When presenting the stress tensor (say in a non-relativistic context), it is shown to be a tensor in the sense that it is a linear vector transformation: it operates on a vector $n$ (the normal to a ...
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Symmetrizing the Canonical Energy-Momentum Tensor
The Canonical energy momentum tensor is given by
$$T_{\mu\nu} = \frac{\delta {\cal L}}{\delta (\partial^\mu \phi_s)} \partial_\nu \phi_s - g_{\mu\nu} {\cal L} $$
A priori, there is no reason to ...
