Generalized Models and Non-classical Approaches in Complex Materials 1

1. Effective Coefficients and Local Fields of Periodic Fibrous Piezocomposites with 622 Hexagonal Constituents
Ransés Alfonso-Rodríguez, Julián Bravo-Castillero, Raúl Guinovart-Díaz, Reinaldo Rodríguez-Ramos, Renald Brenner, Leslie D. Pérez-Fernández, Federico J. Sabina

2. High-Frequency Spectra of SH GuidedWaves in Continuously Layered Plates
Vladimir I. Alshits, Jerzy P. Nowacki

3. Nonlinear Schrödinger and Gross - Pitaevskii Equations in the Bohmian or Quantum Fluid Dynamics (QFD) Representation
Attila Askar

4. The Stability of the Plates with Circular Inclusions under Tension
Svetlana M. Bauer, Stanislava V. Kashtanova, Nikita F. Morozov, Boris N. Semenov

5. Unit Cell Models of Viscoelastic Fibrous Composites for Numerical Computation of Effective Properties
Harald Berger, Mathias Würkner, José A. Otero, Raúl Guinovart-Díaz, Julián Bravo-Castillero, Reinaldo Rodríguez-Ramos

6. Inner Resonance in Media Governed by Hyperbolic and Parabolic Dynamic Equations. Principle and Examples
Claude Boutin, Jean-Louis Auriault, Guy Bonnet

7. The Balance of Material Momentum Applied to Water Waves
Manfred Braun

8. Electromagnetic Fields in Meta-Media with Interfacial Surface Admittance
David C. Christie, Robin W. Tucker

9. Evolution Equations for Defects in Finite Elasto-Plasticity
Sanda Cleja-Ţigoiu

10. Viscoelastic effective properties for composites with rectangular cross-section fibers using the asymptotic homogenization method
Oscar L. Cruz-González, Reinaldo Rodríguez-Ramos, José A. Otero, Julián Bravo-Castillero, Raúl Guinovart-Díaz, Raúl Martínez-Rosado, Federico J. Sabina, Serge Dumont, Frederic Lebon, Igor Sevostianov

11. A Single Crystal Beam Bent in Double Slip
Xiangyu Cui, Khanh Chau Le

12. Acoustic Metamaterials Based on Local Resonances: Homogenization, Optimization and Applications
Fabio Cosmo, Marco Laudato, Mario Spagnuolo

13. On Nonlinear Waves in Media with Complex Properties
Jüri Engelbrecht, Andrus Salupere, Arkadi Berezovski, Tanel Peets, Kert Tamm

14. The Dual Approach to Smooth Defects
Marcelo Epstein

15. A Note on Reduced Strain Gradient Elasticity
Victor A. Eremeyev, Francesco dell’Isola

16. Use and Abuse of the Method of Virtual Power in Generalized Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Samuel Forest

17. Forbidden Strains and Stresses in Mechanochemistry of Chemical Reaction Fronts
Alexander B. Freidin, Leah L. Sharipova

18. Generalized Debye Series Theory for Acoustic Scattering: Some Applications
Alain Gérard

19. Simplest Linear Homogeneous Reduced Gyrocontinuum as an Acoustic Metamaterial
Elena F. Grekova

20. A Mathematical Model of Nucleic Acid Thermodynamics
Sonia Guarguagli, Franco Pastrone

21. Bulk Nonlinear Elastic StrainWaves in a Bar with Nanosize Inclusions
Igor A. Gula, Alexander M. Samsonov (†)

22. On the Deformation of Chiral Piezoelectric Plates
Dorin Ieşan, Ramon Quintanilla

23. Non-Equilibrium Temperature and Reference Equilibrium Values of Hidden and Internal Variables
David Jou, Liliana Restuccia

24. On the Foundation of a Generalized Nonlocal Extensible Shear Beam Model from Discrete Interactions
Attila Kocsis, Noël Challamel

25. A Consistent Dynamic Finite-Strain Plate Theory for Incompressible Hyperelastic Materials
Yuanyou Li, Hui-Hui Dai

26. A One-Dimensional Problem of Nonlinear Thermo-Electroelasticity with Thermal Relaxation
Wael Mahmoud, Moustafa S. Abou-Dina, Amr R. El Dhaba, Ahmed F. Ghaleb, Enaam K. Rawy

27. Analysis of Mechanical Response of Random Skeletal Structure
María-Belén Martínez-Pavetti, Shoji Imatani

28. On the Influence of the Coupled Invariant in Thermo-Electro-Elasticity
Markus Mehnert, Tiphaine Mathieu-Pennober, Paul Steinmann

29. On Recurrence and Transience of Fractional RandomWalks in Lattices
Thomas Michelitsch, Bernard Collet, Alejandro Perez Riascos, Andrzej Nowakowski, Franck Nicolleau

30. Micropolar Theory with Production of Rotational Inertia: A Rational Mechanics Approach
Wolfgang H. Müller, Elena N. Vilchevskaya

31. Contact Temperature as an Internal Variable of Discrete Systems in Non-Equilibrium
Wolfgang Muschik

32. Angular Velocities, Twirls, Spins and Rotation Tensors in the Continuum Mechanics Revisited
Konstantin Naumenko, Holm Altenbach

33. Towards Continuum Mechanics with Spontaneous Violations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Martin Ostoja-Starzewski, Bharath V. Raghavan

34. Nonlocal Approach to Square Lattice Dynamics
Alexey V. Porubov, Alena E. Osokina, Thomas M. Michelitsch

35. A New Class of Models to Describe the Response of Electrorheological and Other Field Dependent Fluids
Vít Průša, Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal

36. Second Gradient Continuum: Role of Electromagnetism Interacting with the Gravitation on the Presence of Torsion and Curvature
Lalaonirina R. Rakotomanana

37. Optimal Calculation of Solid-Body Deformations with Prescribed Degrees of Freedom over Smooth Boundaries
Vitoriano Ruas

38. Toward a Nonlinear Asymptotic Model for Thin Magnetoelastic Plates
Sushma Santapuri, David J. Steigmann

39. Modelling of an Ionic Electroactive Polymer by the Thermodynamics of Linear Irreversible Processes
Mireille Tixier, Joël Pouget

40. Weakly Nonlocal Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics: the Cahn-Hilliard Equation
Péter Ván

Keywords: Engineering, Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials