Generalized Continua as Models for Classical and Advanced Materials

1. On Strain Rate Tensors and Constitutive Equations of Inelastic Micropolar Materials
Holm Altenbach, Victor A. Eremeyev

2. On the Modelling of Carbon Nano Tubes as Generalized Continua
Hossein Aminpour, Nicola Rizzi

3. Isogeometric Analysis of Gradient-Elastic 1D and 2D Problems
Viacheslav Balobanov, Sergei Khakalo, Jarkko Niiranen

4. A Fast Fourier Transform-Based Approach for Generalized Disclination Mechanics Within a Couple Stress Theory
Stéphane Berbenni, Vincent Taupin, Claude Fressengeas, Laurent Capolungo

5. Some Cases of Unrecognized Transmission of Scientific Knowledge: From Antiquity to Gabrio Piola’s Peridynamics and Generalized Continuum Theories
Francesco dell’Isola, Alessandro Della Corte, Raffaele Esposito, Lucio Russo

6. Computational Analysis of the Size Effects Displayed in Beams with Lattice Microstructures
Martin A. Dunn, Marcus A. Wheel

7. Inelastic Interaction and Splitting of Strain Solitons Propagating in a One-Dimensional Granular Medium with Internal Stress
Vladimir I. Erofeev, Vladimir V. Kazhaev, Igor S. Pavlov

8. The Eigenmodes in Isotropic Strain GradientElasticity
Rainer Glüge, Jan Kalisch, Albrecht Bertram

9. Limit Analysis of Lattices Based on the Asymptotic Homogenization Method and Prediction of Size Effects in Bone Plastic Collapse
Ibrahim Goda, Francisco Dos Reis, Jean-François Ganghoffer

10. An Improved Constitutive Model for Short Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites (SFRC) Based on the Orientation Tensor
Heiko Herrmann

11. Isogeometric Static Analysis of Gradient-Elastic Plane Strain/Stress Problems
Sergei Khakalo, Viacheslav Balobanov, Jarkko Niiranen

12. Applications of Higher-Order Continua to Size Effects in Bending: Theory and Recent Experimental Results
Christian Liebold, Wolfgang H. Müller

13. Classification of Gradient Adhesion Theories Across Length Scale
Sergey Lurie, Petr Belov, Holm Altenbach

14. Eigenvalue Problems of a Tensor and a Tensor-Block Matrix (TMB) of Any Even Rank with Some Applications in Mechanics
Mikhail U. Nikabadze

15. Analytical Solutions in the Theory of Thin Bodies
Mikhail U. Nikabadze, Armine R. Ulukhanyan

16. Method for Calculating the Characteristics of Elastic State Media with Internal Degrees of Freedom
Sergey N. Romashin, Victoria Yu. Presnetsova, Larisa Yu. Frolenkova, Vladimir S. Shorkin

17. Variational Theories of Two-Phase Continuum Poroelastic Mixtures: A Short Survey
Roberto Serpieri, Alessandro Della Corte, Francesco Travascio, Luciano Rosati

18. Buckling of Sandwich Tube with Foam Core Under Combined Loading
Denis N. Sheydakov, Nikolay E. Sheydakov

19. Frequency-Dependent Attenuation and Phase Velocity Dispersion of an Acoustic Wave Propagating in the Media with Damages
Anatoli Stulov, Vladimir I. Erofeev

20. A Statistically-Based Homogenization Approach for Particle Random Composites as Micropolar Continua
Patrizia Trovalusci, Maria Laura De Bellis, Martin Ostoja-Starzewski

21. Paradoxical Size Effects in Composite Laminates and Other Heterogeneous Materials
Marcus A. Wheel, Jamie C. Frame, Philip E. Riches

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