Author : Holm Altenbach
Release : 2012-10-17
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 717/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Generalized Continua - from the Theory to Engineering Applications by : Holm Altenbach
Download or read book Generalized Continua - from the Theory to Engineering Applications written by Holm Altenbach. This book was released on 2012-10-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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 models to new problems, • micro-macro aspects, • computational effort, and • possibilities to identify the constitutive equations The new research directions are discussed in this volume - from the point of view of modeling and simulation, identification, and numerical methods.