Size-Dependent Continuum Mechanics Approaches: Theory and Applications

Lattice-based nonlocal elastic structural models.- Eringen's nonlocal integral elasticity and applications for structural models.- Nonlocal mechanics in the framework of the general nonlocal theory.- Displacement based nonlocal models for size effect simulation in nanomechanics.- One-dimensional well-posed nonlocal elasticity models for finite domains.- Iterative nonlocal residual elasticity.- Nonlocal gradient mechanics of elastic beams under torsion.- Reformulation of the boundary value problems of nonlocal type elasticity: application to beams.- Application of combined nonlocal and surface elasticity theories to vibration response of a graded nanobeam.- Finite element nonlocal integral elasticity approach.- 'Explicit' and 'implicit' non-local continuum descriptions: plate with circular hole.- Micromorphic continuum theory: finite element analysis of 3D elasticity with applications in beam- and plate-type structures.- Peridynamic modeling of laminated composites.- Nonlocal approaches to the dynamics of metamaterials.- Gradient Extension of Classical Material Models: From Nuclear & Condensed Matter Scales to Earth & Cosmological Scales.