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Schematic of the microstructure that justifies Couple Stress Theory (CST). Simple lattice model of heterogeneous materials illustrating dependency of material behavior on couple stress; (a) Microstructure of a heterogeneous elastic material; (b) Equivalent Lattice Model; (c) Normal and shear stresses on a typical in-plane element in presence of the couples stress.
