Research in mechanics of solids mainly includes fundamental theory (elasticity, plasticity, variational principles, fatigue and fracture of materials and structures,and inelastic constitutive ...

Mechanics of materials is an area focusing on quantitative description of the motion and deformation of solid materials subjected to forces, temperature changes, electrical voltage or other external ...

In the field of experimental solid mechanics – a discipline that focuses on understanding and measuring the physical properties of different materials – researchers have traditionally relied on ...

Solid mechanics is the branch of continuum mechanics that focuses on analysing the behaviour of materials and structures under applied loads. It encompasses a rigorous study of stress and strain, ...

A number of powerful FE packages (ABAQUS, COMSOL, FEniCS, …) offer the possibility to solve complex problems (material/structural nonlinearities, multiphysics, …). The different computational methods ...

EMINENT scientific workers are frequently the recipients of special awards and public or professional honours, but it is rare to find the ceremony of presentation displaying these features that ...