Multiscale Modeling in Continuum Mechanics and Structured Deformations

An updated account of the state of the art in the subject, presenting recent progress in two active and related areas of continuum mechanics: fracture mechanics and structured deformations.

Contenu

Energy Minimization for Isotropic Nonlinear Elastic Bodies (M. silhavý).- Variational Problems of Crack Equilibrium and Crack Propagation (K.C. Le).- Griffith Theory Revisited (J.-J. Marigo).- Foundations of the Theory of Structured Deformations (G. Del Piero).- Second-Order Structured Deformations: Approximation Theorems (R. Paroni).- Crystalline Plasticity and Structured Deformations (L. Deseri).- Elasticity with Disarrangements (D.R. Owen).