Generalized Continua from the Theory to Engineering Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Altenbach, Holm (Editor), Eremeyev, Victor A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures, 541
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Continuum mechanics.; Materials science.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Analysis.

The need of generalized continua models is coming from practice. Complex material behavior sometimes cannot be presented by the classical Cauchy continua. At present the attention of the scientists in this field is focused on the most recent research items • new models, • application of well-known m...

Table of Contents:

• On the roots of continuum mechanics in differential geometry
• a review
• Cosserat media
• Cosserat-type shells
• Cosserat-type rods
• Micromorphic media
• Electromagnetism and generalized continua
• Computational methods for generalized continua.