Advances in Applied Mechanics

Table of contents

1. Cover image
2. Title page
3. Table of Contents
4. Copyright
5. Contributors
6. Chapter One: Internal Length Gradient (ILG) Material Mechanics Across Scales and Disciplines
   1. Abstract
   2. 1 Introduction
   3. 2 Methodology and Proposed ILG Platform
   4. 3 Emerging Research Case-Study Areas
   5. 4 Benchmark Problems
   6. 5 Concluding Remarks
   7. Acknowledgments
7. Chapter Two: Scaling to RVE in Random Media
   1. Abstract
   2. 1 Micro-, Meso-, and Macroscales
   3. 2 Spatial Randomness
   4. 3 Antiplane Elasticity = In-Plane Conductivity
   5. 4 Elastic Microstructures
   6. 5 Inelastic Microstructures
   7. 5.1 Physically Nonlinear Elastic Microstructures
   8. 5.2 Elastic-Plastic Microstructures
   9. 5.3 Hierarchies of Yield Surfaces
   10. 5.4 Scaling in Damage Phenomena
   11. 6 Viscoelastic Microstructures
   12. 7 Stokes Flow in Porous Media
   13. 8 Thermoelastic Microstructures
   14. 9 Homogenization by a Micropolar Continuum
   15. 10 Waves and Wavefronts in Random Media
   16. 11 Electromagnetic Properties
   17. 12 RVE in Presence of Violations of Thermodynamics’ Second Law
   18. 13 Conclusions
   19. Acknowledgments
8. Index