Continuum Models and Discrete Systems : Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium, Varna, Bulgaria, 11-16 June 1995

by Markov, Konstantin Z.

• ISBN13: 9789810225520
• ISBN10: 9810225520
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-03-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Table of Contents

Preface
Henryk Zorski and 20 Years of CMDS Symposia
Self-organized Criticality in Statistical Mechanics	p. 2
Critical Modelling Aspects: Granular Flows, Layering in Smectics	p. 10
Hydrodynamic Interactions	p. 15
A Thermomechanical Approach of Martensite Phase Transition During Pseudoelastic Transformation of Shape Memory Alloys	p. 21
Hamiltonian Description of Dissipative Processes	p. 30
Micromechanics-based Constitutive Model of Single Crystalline Shape Memory Alloys with Loading Rate Effect	p. 31
Inclusion of Intrinsic Spin of Discrete Ions in a Continuum Theory of Crystalline Magnetism	p. 39
Self-consistent Approach to Martensitic Alloys	p. 49
Mechanics and Transport of Quasiparticles in Deformable Lattice Structures	p. 55
Viscous Flow, Thermal Expansion and Relaxation in Amorphous Metallic Alloys: Theory and Experiment	p. 73
Material Forces Acting on Phase-transition Fronts in Thermoelasticity	p. 82
Deterministic Chaos in Systems in Equilibrium	p. 89
Bounds for the Effective Properties of a Nonlinear Two-phase Composite Dielectric	p. 92
Homogenization Problem for Bulk Diffusional Creep	p. 100
Nonlinear Behavior in a Composite Medium: The Importance of Resonances and Percolation	p. 111
On the Defects in Nematic Liquid Crystals	p. 118
Morphologically Representative Pattern-based Modelling in Elasticity	p. 123
Incompressible Fibre-reinforced Composites: Effective Elastoplastic or Viscoelectric Behavior	p. 132
Elastic-plastic Behavior of Elastically Homogeneous Materials with a Random Field of Inclusions	p. 140
Self-consistent Analysis of Elastic Wave Propagation in Fibre-reinforced Composites	p. 148
Differential Geometry of Continua with Microstructure	p. 156
Structured Stress Fields	p. 164
Mathematical Modelling of Structure-sensitive Properties of Materials	p. 172
Geometrical Aspects of Uniformity in Elasticity and Plasticity	p. 173
Models of the Intrinsic Convection in a Settling Suspension of Spheres	p. 181
Fibre-reinforced Composites with Entirely Plastified Matrices - A Model of Thermomechanical Response	p. 189
Morphological Modeling of Random Composites	p. 199
Solids with Cavities of Various Shapes: Effective Moduli and Proper Density Parameters	p. 207
On the Essential Importance of Distinguishing Between the Effects of Deviatoric and Isotropic Parts of Stress Tensors in the Problem of Strength of Discrete Materials	p. 208
Self-consistent Approach in the Problem of Wave Propagation Through Inhomogeneous Medium	p. 216
The Overall Properties of Piezoactive Matrix Composite Materials	p. 225
Application of the Homogenization Method to the Viscosity of a Suspension of Fibres	p. 233
On a Statistical Parameter in the Theory of Random Dispersions of Spheres	p. 241
Microbuckling and Delamination Effects on the Compression Behavior of Materials with Layered Microstructure	p. 250
Elastic Percolation Behavior for Solid-Liquid Composites	p. 258
Variational Methods for Estimating the Effective Behavior of Nonlinear Composite Materials	p. 268
Dynamics of Composite Materials	p. 280
Overall Properties of Nonlinear Composites: Secant Moduli Theories and Variational Bounds	p. 290
Effective Properties of an Elastic Body Damaged by Random Distribution of Microcracks	p. 300
Rheology of Disordered Foam	p. 308
A Variational Theory for Biaxial Liquid Crystals	p. 316
Porous Media at Finite Strains	p. 317
On Some New Achievements in Nonlinear Mechanics of Media with Microstructure	p. 325
Variational Principles and the c[subscript 2]-Formula for the Effective Conductivity of a Random Dispersion	p. 333
Skew Lattice Continuum Model for Cancellous Bone	p. 342
Why Does Skin Stay Smooth? The Dynamics of Epidermis in Statistical Equilibrium	p. 350
Discrete Out of Continuous: Dynamics of Phase Patterns in Continua	p. 370
Nonlinear Propagation of Wave Packets on an Elastic Substrate Coated with a Thin Plate	p. 395
Solitons in Micropolar Crystals	p. 404
Synergetic Ordering of Defects in Metals under Particle Irradiation	p. 412
Non-Riemannian Stress Space Structure of Gravitation and Ferro-magnetism from Distant Parallelism	p. 437
Long-wave Vibrations Localized at Planar Defects and Surfaces in Elastic Crystals	p. 444
Identification of the Unstable Stationary Solutions of Navier-Stokes Equations at High Reynolds Numbers	p. 452
Nonlinear Dynamics of a Two-dimensional Lattice Model for Ferroelastic Materials	p. 461
Solitary-wave Solutions of a Generalized Wave Equation with Higher-order Dispersion	p. 471
Equivalence Transformations of the Navier-Stokes Equations and the Inertial Range of Turbulence	p. 480
Dislocation Dynamics and Plasticity by Means of Lagrange Formalism	p. 490
On the Nonsense of Incompatibility Condition in Continuum Theory of Dislocations	p. 499
Lorentz Symmetries in the Theory of Dislocations	p. 507
Stochasticity in Dislocation Dynamics: An Effective Medium Approach to Plastic Deformation Phenomena	p. 514
Dislocation Theory as a Physical Field Theory	p. 522
Theory of Dislocations Based on the Resolution F = F[superscript e]F[superscript p]	p. 538
Nonlocal Plasticity of Metals	p. 546
Some Gauge Ideas in Dislocation Theory	p. 555
Multiaxial Viscoplastic Experiments Versus Tensor Function Representation	p. 564
The Connection Between Micro- and Macro-properties at the Elastic-Plastic Deformation of Metallic Polycrystals	p. 573
Gravity Flow of Granular Materials in Converging Wedges and Cones	p. 581
A Theory of Microstructural Instabilities During Plastic Deformation of Low-temperature Predeformed b.c.c. Metals	p. 591
Damage on Meso-level in Oriented Reinforced Composites	p. 600
Crack Layer Theory	p. 606
On the Electroelastic Fracture Theory	p. 607
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