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A recently developed stress-assisted diffusion theory is further examined in terms of its physical appropriateness and mathematical foundations. A derivation of the basic equations under quite general assumptions is provided, a discussion of the physical interpretation and measurement of the phenomenological constants is given, and solutions to typical boundary value problems are obtained. The relevance of the theory to modeling the anelastic and elasto-diffusive phenomena first noted by Gorsky and later discussed by others is also illustrated.
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Wilson, R.K., Aifantis, E.C. On the theory of stress-assisted diffusion, I. Acta Mechanica 45, 273–296 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01178044
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