This study reviews several problems which are specific of composites with periodic
microstructure composed of linear or nonlinear constituents. The theoretical background of …

Various multiscale methods are reviewed in the context of modelling mechanical and
thermomechanical responses of composites. They are developed both at the material level …

This book concentrates on the mathematical theory of plasticity and fracture, and presents it
in a thermomechanical framework. It follows the macroscopic, phenomenological approach …

Publisher Summary This chapter elaborates some closely related methods developed to
estimate the effective behavior of nonlinear composites with random microstructures. The …

A simple micro-mechanical model for the homogenised limit analysis of in-plane loaded
masonry is proposed. Assuming brickwork under plane stress condition and adopting a …

A method is proposed for bounding the overall properties of a class of composite materials
in terms of the properties of the individual phases and of their arrangement. It applies to …

A continuum model for assessing the ultimate failure of masonry as a homogenized material
is presented in this paper. It is shown in particular how a homogenization technique …

The mechanics of masonry structures have been underdeveloped for a long time in
comparison with other fields of knowledge. Presently, nonlinear analysis is a popular field in …

These lectures describe several procedures commonly used or recently developed to
predict the overall behavior of nonlinear composites from the behavior of their individual …

A constitutive model is developed for the effective behavior of nonlinear porous materials
which is capable of accounting, approximately, for the evolution of the material's …