Variational Models and Methods in Solid and Fluid Mechanics

1. Variational principles are a powerful tool also for formulating field theories
Francesco dell’Isola, Luca Placidi

2. Beyond Euler-Cauchy Continua: The structure of contact actions in N-th gradient generalized continua: a generalization of the Cauchy tetrahedron argument
Francesco dell’Isola, Pierre Seppecher, Angela Madeo

3. Fracture
B. Bourdin, G. A. Francfort

4. Multiphase Flow Modeling via Hamilton’s Principle
Sergey Gavrilyuk

5. Introduction to stochastic variational problems
Victor L. Berdichevsky

6. New concepts in damping generation and control: theoretical formulation and industrial applications
A. Carcaterra

7. Fluid Shock Wave Generation at Solid-Material Discontinuity Surfaces in Porous Media
Francesco dell’Isola, Pierre Seppecher, Angela Madeo

Nyckelord: Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control, Optimization, Mechanics