IUTAM Symposium on Variational Concepts with Applications to the Mechanics of Materials Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Variational Concepts with Applications to the Mechanics of Materials, Bochum, Germany, September 22-26, 2008 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hackl, Klaus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: IUTAM Bookseries, 21
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Mathematical models.; Calculus of variations.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Continuum mechanics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Analysis.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

The symposium focused on novel applications of methods from the calculus of variations to the solid mechanics of materials, including the development of new material models as well as the advancement of the corresponding computational techniques. Specific emphasis was put on the treatment of materia...