Overview
- Editors:
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Pier Paolo Delsanto
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Dip. Fisica, Torino, Italy
- Presents the results of two major international research projects on phenomenology, theory and applications of Nonclassical Nonlinearity
- Conveys concepts, experimental techniques and applications which were previously found in specialized journals
- Allows for an interdisciplinary audience to better understand the range of practical applications, and is timely and interesting to both researchers and professionals
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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The Universality of Nonclassical Nonlinearity
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- Pier Paolo Delsanto, S. Hirsekorn
Pages 3-13
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- Jüri Engelbrecht, Franco Pastrone, Manfred Braun, Arkadi Berezovski
Pages 29-47
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- Alberto Carpinteri, Nicola Pugno
Pages 91-99
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- C. A. Condat, B. F. Gregor, Y. Mansury, T. S. Deisboeck
Pages 119-129
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- A. J. Banchio, C. A. Condat
Pages 131-143
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Applications to NDE and Ultrasonics: Models and Numerical Simulations
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Front Matter
Pages 156-156
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- V. Aleshin, K. Van Den Abeele
Pages 157-175
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- K. Van Den Abeele, Sigfried Vanaverbeke
Pages 177-201
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- Arkadi Berezovski, Jüri Engelbrecht, Gerard A. Maugin
Pages 203-219
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- S. Hirsekorn, M. Hirsekorn, P. P. Delsanto
Pages 231-250
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- Antonio S. Gliozzi, Matteo Nobili, Marco Scalerandi
Pages 251-267
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- Marco Scalerandi, Matteo Nobili, Michele Griffa, Antonio S. Gliozzi, Federico Bosia
Pages 269-285
About this book
VarietyisperhapsthemostamazingattributeofNature,withanalmostendlessarrayof different molecules and aggregates and tens of millions of distinct forms of life. Yet, in spite of this bewildering diversity, there are some common patterns, henceforth called “phenomenological universalities,” that are found over and over again in completely different contexts. A quest for universalities is not only interesting per se, but can also yield practical applications. If several elds share a common mathematical or conceptual background, a cross-fertilization among them may lead to quick progress, even if ultimately the speci c details of any individual application must be considered independently. We all know that we live in a nonlinear world, although scientists have often tried to linearize it, sometimes as a rst step towards understanding its complexity, often because, before the advent of ubiquitous high computational power, a linear appro- mation was the only viable alternative. In this book we use the term “nonclassical n- linearity” with reference to a particularly intriguing kind of phenomenology, which has been extensively investigated in the last decade in the elds of elasticity and g- materials and whose universality has been conjectured. Its signatures are hystereticity, discrete memory, and other effects which, in the case of continuum mechanics, have been called “fast” and “slow” dynamics.
Editors and Affiliations
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Dip. Fisica, Torino, Italy
Pier Paolo Delsanto
About the editor
Pier Paolo Delsanto is currently a professor of Physics with a chair at the Politecnico of Torino Italy. He has also held a position as the Director of the Politecnico Research Unit in Condensed Matter Physics.
