Mechanics, Models and Methods in Civil Engineering

Front Matter....Pages -
Adjustable Measures for the Safeguard of Monuments....Pages 1-60
Statics of Bodies Made of a Compressionally Rigid No Tension Material....Pages 61-78
Stress State for Heavy Masonry Panels with Openings....Pages 79-88
Homogenization of Flat and Thin Linearly Elastic Masonries....Pages 89-96
Engineering the Ruins of Constructions....Pages 97-122
Finite Element Analysis of the Initiation of Landslides with a Non-isothermal Multiphase Model....Pages 123-146
Dissipation and Thermoelastic Coupling Associated with Fatigue of Materials....Pages 147-156
Thermal Strain of Green Hinoki Wood: Separating the Hygrothermal Recovery and the Reversible Deformation....Pages 157-162
Modelling Shape Memory Alloy Behaviour under Proportional Loading and Anisothermal Conditions....Pages 163-174
Towards Optimal Bounds on the Recoverable Strains in Polycrystalline Shape Memory Alloys....Pages 175-184
From Size-Effect Evaluation to Continuum Models with Strain Softening....Pages 185-194
Numerical Modelling of Cracking in Concrete....Pages 195-206
Mechanical Behaviour of Corroded Rebars in Reinforced Concrete Elements....Pages 207-220
A Generalization of the Endochronic Theory of Plasticity Based on the Introduction of Several Intrinsic Times....Pages 221-232
A New Integration Algorithm for the von-Mises Elasto-Plastic Model....Pages 233-258
A Numerical Evaluation of Damage in Fast Dynamics....Pages 259-270
Capillary Cohesive Local Force: Modelling and Experiment....Pages 271-278
Wear Modelling in Biomechanics....Pages 279-288
Curvature–Driven Motion of Domain Walls in Hard Ferromagnets....Pages 289-298
Numerical Analysis of Two Non-linear Soft Thin Layers....Pages 299-308
Equivalent Stiffness and Compliance of Curvilinear Elastic Fibers....Pages 309-332
Some Problems of Stability and Bifurcation in the Propagation of Plane Cracks....Pages 333-342
Influence of the Incremental Constitutive Law on Tensile Instability Phenomena....Pages 343-362
Stability and Mechanism’s Order of Minimal Area Surfaces and Tensile Structures....Pages 363-374
Modular Tensegrity Structures: The ”Tor Vergata” Footbridge....Pages 375-384
Thin Shells Form-Finding....Pages 385-394
An Event-Driven Algorithm in Dynamics of Multi-contact Systems....Pages 395-408
Discrete Models Including Non-smooth Non-linearities of Friction Type....Pages 409-420
Sthenic Incompatibilities in Rigid Bodies Motion: The Painlevé Incompatibility....Pages 421-432
Collisions and Fractures: A Predictive Theory....Pages 433-442
Asymptotic Modelling of Linearly Piezoelectric Plates....Pages 443-452
Control of Bridge Structures with Semi-active Tuned Mass Damper....Pages 453-464
Some Applications of Passive and Semi-active Control Devices for Harmonic Vibrations Damping in Cable-Stayed Bridges....Pages 465-480
Mechanical Modelling of Stays under Thermal Loads....Pages 481-498
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