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 …

Pantographic fabrics are presented as a paradigmatic example to discuss the research
perspective on multiphysics and multiscale materials. Reduced-order modeling, obtained by …

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 …

Among the most studied models in mathematical physics, Timoshenko beam is outstanding
for its importance in technological applications. Therefore it has been extensively studied …

A continuum theory of pantographic lattices, based on second-grade elasticity, is presented.
The proposed model is able to describe the mechanical behavior of a type of material …

The overall behavior of an articulated beam structure constituted by elements arranged
according to a specific chirality is studied. The structure as a whole, due to its slenderness …

The equilibrium forms of pantographic blocks in a three-point bending test are investigated
via both experiments and numerical simulations. In the computational part, the …

In the literature of granular micromechanics it is standard to achieve, at the macro scale, non-
standard enhanced continuum models [1–2]. Among a panoply of exotic behaviors, these …

Mechanical metamaterials are microstructured mechanical systems showing an overall
macroscopic behaviour that depends mainly on their microgeometry and microconstitutive …

The mechanical behavior of fibrous metamaterials is mainly determined by the interactions
between the fibers composing the architecture. These interactions are usually of two …