In Mechanics, material properties are most often regarded as being given, and based on
this, many technical solutions are usually conceived and constructed. However, nowadays …

The mechanical behavior of inelastic materials with microstructure is very complex and hard
to grasp with heuristic, empirical constitutive models. For this purpose, multiscale …

We formulate a relaxed linear elastic micromorphic continuum model with symmetric Cauchy
force stresses and curvature contribution depending only on the micro-dislocation tensor …

The objective of this contribution is to formulate a geometrically nonlinear theory of higher-
gradient elasticity accounting for boundary (surface and curve) energies. Surfaces and …

This work elaborates upon two robust models of gradient elasticity and gradient plasticity,
and one gradient model of heat transfer, as originally advocated by the second author in the …

The prediction of the response of a material (or a structure) to external loading is an ordinary
engineering problem. It is a necessary step in the design of any man-made tools, devices …

A second gradient theory for woven fabrics is applied to Kirchhoff–Love shell elements to
analyze the mechanics of fiber reinforced composite materials. In particular, we assume a …

The kinematics of geometrically nonlinear continuum mechanics is deeply rooted in
differential geometry. An appreciation thereof is thus particularly illuminating. This is …

We study plane waves in second gradient solids and their reflection and transmission at
plane displacement discontinuity surfaces. The needed extension of the treatment adopted …

A non-local gradient-enhanced damage-plasticity formulation is proposed, which prevents
the loss of well-posedness of the governing field equations in the post-critical damage …