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We present here a limiting process allowing us to write some continuum mechanics models as a natural asymptotic of molecular models. The approach is based on the hypothesis that the macroscopic displacement is equal to the microscopic one. We carry out the corresponding calculations in the case of two-body energies, including higher order terms, and also in the case of Thomas-Fermi type models.
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Accepted April 29, 2002¶Published online September 27, 2002
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Blanc, X., Le Bris, C. & Lions, PL. From Molecular Models¶to Continuum Mechanics. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 164, 341–381 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-002-0218-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-002-0218-5