Muschik, WolfgangEhrentraut, HaraldPapenfuss, Christina2018-10-022018-10-0220000340-0204https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/8288http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-7439Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.The mesoscopic concept in continuum mechanics consists of extending the domain of the balance equations by the set of mesoscopic variables and of introducing a local distribution function of these variables as a statistical element. The balance equations defined on this extended domain and an example concerning liquid crystals of biaxial molecules are discussed.en530 PhysikArticle1437-4358