Mechanics of Generalized Continua

1. A Historical Perspective of Generalized Continuum Mechanics
Gérard A. Maugin

2. Micropolar Shells as Two-dimensional Generalized Continua Models
Holm Altenbach, Victor A. Eremeyev, Leonid P. Lebedev

3. Structural Dynamics and Generalized Continua
Céline Chesnais, Claude Boutin, Stéphane Hans

4. A Bending-gradient Theory for Thick Laminated Plates Homogenization
Arthur Lebée, Karam Sab

5. Internal Length Scale Effects on the Local and Overall Behavior of Polycrystals
Stéphane Berbenni

6. Formulations of Strain Gradient Plasticity
Samuel Forest, Albrecht Bertram

7. On one Model of Generalized Continuum and its Thermodynamical Interpretation
Elena A. Ivanova

8. Micromechanical Bases of Superelastic Behavior of Certain Biopolymers
Rasa Kazakevičiūtė-Makovska, Holger Steeb

9. Construction of Micropolar Continua from the Homogenization of Repetitive Planar Lattices
Francisco Dos Reis, Jean-François Ganghoffer

10. Nonlinear Waves in the Cosserat Continuum with Constrained Rotation
Vladimir I. Erofeev, Aleksandr I. Zemlyanukhin, Vladimir M. Catson, Sergey F. Sheshenin

11. Wave Propagation in Quasi-continuous Linear Chains with Self-similar Harmonic Interactions: Towards a Fractal Mechanics
Thomas M. Michelitsch, Gérard A. Maugin, Franck C. G. A. Nicolleau, Andrzej F. Nowakowski, Shahram Derogar

12. Nonlinear Dynamic Processes in Media with Internal Structure
Alexey V. Porubov, Boris R. Andrievsky, Eron L. Aero

13. Buckling of Elastic Composite Rods made of Micropolar Material Subjected to Combined Loads
Denis Sheydakov

14. Theory of Isolated and Continuously Distributed Disclinations and Dislocations in Micropolar Media
Mikhail I. Karyakin, Leonid M. Zubov

15. On the Form-Invariance of Lagrangian Function for Higher Gradient Continuum
Nirmal Antonio Tamarasselvame, Lalaonirina R. Rakotomanana

16. Cahn-Hilliard Generalized Diffusion Modeling Using the Natural Element Method
Paul Fischer, Amirtham Rajagopal, Ellen Kuhl, Paul Steinmann

17. Constitutive Models of Mechanical Behavior of Media with Stress State Dependent Material Properties
Evgeny V. Lomakin

Keywords: Materials Science, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials, Numerical Analysis, Mechanics