An elastic constitutive model of spacetime and its applications

We introduce an elastic constitutive model of gravity that enables the interpretation of cosmological observations in terms of established ideas from Solid Mechanics and multiscale modeling. The behavior of physical space is identified with that of a material-like medium called "cosmic fabric,&...

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Main Author: Tenev, Tichomir G.
Other Authors: Mark F. Horstemeyer
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: MSSTATE 2018
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Online Access:http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-10182018-181952/