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