The reader aware in Structural Mechanics will find in this book a source of fruitfulknowledge and effective tools useful for imagining, creating, and promoting novel and challenging developments. It addresses a wide range of topics, such as mechanics and geotechnics, vibration and damping, damage and friction, experimental methods, and advanced structural materials. It also discusses analytical, experimental and numerical findings, focusing on theoretical and practical issues, and leading to innovations in the field. Collecting some of the latest results from the Lagrange Laboratory, a European scientific research group, mainly consisting of Italian and French engineers, mechanicians and mathematicians, the book presents the most recent example of the long-term scientific cooperation between well-established French and Italian Mechanics, Mathematics and Engineering Schools.
Includes contributions by leading mathematicians, mechanicians and engineers
Covers the entire range of structural mechanics, from vibration and damping to materials modeling and geotechnics
Addresses postgraduate students, researchers and practitioners dealing with theoretical and practical issues as well as innovations in structural engineering
Michel Frémond
Structural Materials Crack Propagation Analysis Gradient Plasticity Nanoporous Materials Geotechnics Graded Damage Modelling Smart Devices Smart Structures Thermodynamics Eddy Currents Damping Effect Backward Erosion Piping Temperature-dependent Viscoplasticity Multiplane Cohesive Zone Models