title: Internal noise-driven generalized Langevin equation from a nonlocal continuum model.
abstract: Starting with a micropolar formulation, known to account for nonlocal microstructural effects at the continuum level, a generalized Langevin equation (GLE) for a particle, describing the predominant motion of a localized region through a single displacement degree of freedom, is derived. The GLE features a memory-dependent multiplicative or internal noise, which appears upon recognizing that the microrotation variables possess randomness owing to an uncertainty principle. Unlike its classical version, the present GLE qualitatively reproduces the experimentally measured fluctuations in the steady-state mean square displacement of scattering centers in a polyvinyl alcohol slab. The origin of the fluctuations is traced to nonlocal spatial interactions within the continuum, a phenomenon that is ubiquitous across a broad class of response regimes in solids and fluids. This renders the proposed GLE a potentially useful model in such cases.
authors.affiliation: Computational Mechanics Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
authors.forename: Saikat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.affiliation: Computational Mechanics Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
authors.forename: Shubhankar Roy
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.affiliation: Computational Mechanics Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
authors.forename: Debasish
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
authors.forename: Ram Mohan
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Vasu