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Mechanics of Strain Gradient Materials

  • Focuses on gradient materials: a promising new field in the mechanics of materials and structures
  • Explores various aspects of gradient materials (plasticity, damage mechanics, fracture mechanics, crystal plasticity, regularization, homogenization, ...) that are of interest for engineering purposes
  • Written by leading experts in the field

Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 600)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Balance Laws for Gradient Materials

    • Albrecht Bertram
    Pages 19-35
  3. Strain Gradient Plasticity: Theory and Implementation

    • Lorenzo Bardella, Christian F. Niordson
    Pages 101-149
  4. Finite Gradient Elasticity and Plasticity

    • Albrecht Bertram
    Pages 151-168
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 169-171

About this book

Over the past 50 years, strain gradient material theories have been developed for the continuum modeling of size effects in materials and structures in terms of their elasticity, plasticity and fracturing. This book puts forward a unifying perspective to combine existing theories involving the higher order gradient of the strain tensor, or of plastic strain. It begins by reviewing experimental findings on the existence (or non-existence) of size effects on the mechanics of materials. In turn, the book devises first, second and higher order strain gradient theories from general principles, and presents constitutive frameworks that satisfy thermodynamic requirements. The special case of strain gradient plasticity is then developed and illustrated via computational analyses of size effects on the plasticity of metals at small scales. In closing, the book explains the origin of gradient effects in the case of lattice structures by drawing on homogenization theory.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

    Albrecht Bertram

  • CNRS, MINES ParisTech, Évry, France

    Samuel Forest

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Softcover Book USD 179.99
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