Advances in Extended and Multifield Theories for Continua

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Markert, Bernd (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, 59
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Continuum mechanics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Modern computational techniques, such as the Finite Element Method, have, since their development several decades ago, successfully exploited continuum theories for numerous applications in science and technology. Although standard continuum methods based upon the Cauchy-Boltzmann continuum are stil...

Table of Contents:

• Continuum Thermodynamic and Rate Variational Formulation of Models for Extended Continua
• From Lattice Models to Extended Continua
• Rotational Degrees of Freedom in Modeling Materials with Intrinsic Length Scale
• Micromorphic vs. Phase-Field Approaches for Gradient Viscoplasticity and Phase Transformations
• Geometrically Nonlinear Continuum Thermomechanics Coupled to Diffusion: A Framework for Case II Diffusion
• Effective Electromechanical Properties of Heterogeneous Piezoelectrics
• Coupled Thermo- and Electrodynamics of Multiphasic Continua
• Ice Formation in Porous Media
• Optical Measurements for a Cold-Box Sand and Aspects of Direct and Inverse Problems for Micropolar Elasto-Plasticity
• Model Reduction for Complex Continua – at the Example of Modeling Soft Tissue in the Nasal Area.