In this paper, we give a review of the state of the art in the study of mechanical
metamaterials. The very attractive property of having a microstructure capable of …

This article presents a survey of the literature about the numerical forming of continuous fibre
reinforced composite material. This review shows that in spite of some models are defined …

In this paper, we account for the research efforts that have been started, for some among us,
already since 2003, and aimed to the design of a class of exotic architectured, optimized …

The aim of this paper is to find a computationally efficient and predictive model for the class
of systems that we call 'pantographic structures'. The interest in these materials was …

We determine the effective behavior of periodic structures made of welded elastic bars.
Taking into account the fact that flexural and torsional stiffnesses are much smaller than the …

A nonlinear two-dimensional (2D) continuum with a latent internal structure is introduced as
a coarse model of a plane network of beams which, in turn, is assumed as a model of a …

In continuum mechanics, there exists a unique theory for elasticity, which includes the first
gradient of displacement. The corresponding generalization of elasticity is referred to as …

In this paper, we exploit some results in the theory of irreversible phenomena to address the
study of quasi-static brittle fracture propagation in a two-dimensional isotropic continuum …

The work investigates the vibration behaviour of anisogrid composite lattice shell structures,
typically formed by a system of geodesic unidirectional composite ribs. A homogenization …

In this paper, we formulate a linear elastic second gradient isotropic two-dimensional
continuum model accounting for irreversible damage. The failure is defined as the condition …