A review of inverse problems for generalized elastic media: formulations, experiments, synthesis

R Fedele, L Placidi, F Fabbrocino - Continuum Mechanics and …, 2024 - Springer
Starting from the seminal works of Toupin, Mindlin and Germain, a wide class of generalized
elastic models have been proposed via the principle of virtual work, by postulating …

Lattice shells composed of two families of curved Kirchhoff rods: an archetypal example, topology optimization of a cycloidal metamaterial

I Giorgio - Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 2021 - Springer
A nonlinear elastic model for nets made up of two families of curved fibers is proposed. The
net is planar prior to the deformation, but the equilibrium configuration that minimizes the …

[HTML][HTML] Verification of asymptotic homogenization method developed for periodic architected materials in strain gradient continuum

H Yang, BE Abali, WH Müller, S Barboura… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Strain gradient theory is an accurate model for capturing the size effect and localization
phenomena. However, the challenge in identification of corresponding constitutive …

Determination of metamaterial parameters by means of a homogenization approach based on asymptotic analysis

H Yang, BE Abali, D Timofeev, WH Müller - Continuum mechanics and …, 2020 - Springer
By using modern additive manufacturing techniques, a structure at the millimeter length
scale (macroscale) can be produced showing a lattice substructure of micrometer …

A rate-independent internal friction to describe the hysteretic behavior of pantographic structures under cyclic loads

A Ciallella, D Pasquali, M Gołaszewski… - Mechanics Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
The cyclic behavior and dissipative properties of pantographic fabrics are analytically and
experimentally investigated in this paper. To these purposes, a two-dimensional second …

Commented translation of Erwin Schrödinger's paper 'On the dynamics of elastically coupled point systems' (Zur Dynamik elastisch gekoppelter Punktsysteme)

U Mühlich, BE Abali, F dell'Isola - … and Mechanics of Solids, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The paper 'Zur Dynamik elastisch gekoppelter Punktsysteme'by Schrödinger (1914) does
not seem to have attracted the attention that it deserves. We translate it into English here and …

Computational second-order homogenization of materials with effective anisotropic strain-gradient behavior

J Yvonnet, N Auffray, V Monchiet - International Journal of Solids and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A computational homogenization method to determine the effective parameters of Mindlin's
Strain Gradient Elasticity (SGE) model from a local heterogeneous Cauchy linear material is …

Simulation results for damage with evolving microstructure and growing strain gradient moduli

L Placidi, A Misra, E Barchiesi - Continuum Mechanics and …, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, a strain gradient regularization of continuum damage mechanics is dealt with
starting from a variational inequality. Full stress and strain analyses are reported for …

Bio-inspired design of a porous resorbable scaffold for bone reconstruction: a preliminary study

D Scerrato, AM Bersani, I Giorgio - Biomimetics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The study and imitation of the biological and mechanical systems present in nature and
living beings always have been sources of inspiration for improving existent technologies …

Bending analysis of functionally graded porous nanocomposite beams based on a non-local strain gradient theory

T Merzouki, HMS Ahmed, A Bessaim… - … and Mechanics of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In the present work we study the static response of functionally graded (FG) porous
nanocomposite beams, with a uniform or non-uniform layer-wise distribution of the internal …