Modeling of the evolution of distributed damage such as microcracking, void formation, and
softening frictional slip necessitates strain-softening constitutive models. The nonlocal …

Its Applications is neither a course textbook nor a state-of-the-art research book on a wide
scientific area, but it is a satisfying self-contained summary of a very interesting piece of work …

Fundamental biological processes are carried out by curved epithelial sheets that enclose a
pressurized lumen. How these sheets develop and withstand three-dimensional …

The literature on concrete creep and shrinkage is vast and scattered over many media. A
host of books have already been devoted to this subject. Some are valuable compilations of …

Our work on rate-independent systems was stimulated by our search for evolutionary
material models for shape-memory alloys that are flexible enough to encompass nonlinear …

The subject of computational plasticity encapsulates the numerical methods used for the
finite element simulation of the behaviour of a wide range of engineering materials …

A constitutive model based on the combination of damage mechanics and plasticity is
developed to analyse the failure of concrete structures. The aim is to obtain a model, which …

The present paper deals with the combination of plasticity and damage applied to modeling
of concrete failure. First, the local uniqueness conditions of two types of combinations of …

How do engineering materials deform when bearing mechanical loads? To answer this
crucial question, the book bridges the gap between continuum mechanics and materials …

The present work deals with the formulation of a virtual element method for two dimensional
structural problems. The contribution is split in two parts: in part I, the elastic problem is …