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 …

The present paper reviews recent activities on inverse analysis strategies in geotechnical
engineering using Kalman filters, nonlinear Kalman filters, and Markov chain Monte Carlo …

The finite-volume method is now a well-established tool in the numerical engineering
community for simulation of a wide range of problems in fluid and solid mechanics. Its …

Realistic assessment of existing masonry structures requires the use of detailed nonlinear
numerical descriptions with accurate model material parameters. In this work, a novel …

Micromechanical constitutive parameters are important for many engineering materials,
typically in microelectronic applications and material design. Their accurate identification …

The standard computational approach for the homogenization of elastic–plastic response of
periodic materials is the finite-element method. Amongst the emerging alternatives, the finite …

In this study, the inverse problem of reconstructing the in‐plane (2D) displacements of a
monitored surface through a sequence of two‐dimensional digital images, severely ill …

Mechanical characterization of soft materials is a complicated inverse problem that includes
nonlinear constitutive behavior and large deformations. A further complication is introduced …

SUMMARY A computational method, incorporating the finite element model (FEM) into data
assimilation using the particle filter, is presented for identifying elasto‐plastic material …

In this study, reference is made to a mixed numerical-experimental methodology proposed
in Fedele et alii [1], based on full-field kinematic measurements at the micro-scale provided …