In this paper, we give a review of the state of the art in the study of mechanical
metamaterials. The very attractive property of having a microstructure capable of …

This article presents a survey of the literature about the numerical forming of continuous fibre
reinforced composite material. This review shows that in spite of some models are defined …

In this paper, we account for the research efforts that have been started, for some among us,
already since 2003, and aimed to the design of a class of exotic architectured, optimized …

We determine the effective behavior of periodic structures made of welded elastic bars.
Taking into account the fact that flexural and torsional stiffnesses are much smaller than the …

In this paper we consider linear pantographic sheets, which in their natural configuration are
constituted by two orthogonal arrays of straight fibers interconnected by internal pivots. We …

In this paper, we exploit some results in the theory of irreversible phenomena to address the
study of quasi-static brittle fracture propagation in a two-dimensional isotropic continuum …

The well-posedness of the boundary value problems for second gradient elasticity has been
studied under the assumption of strong ellipticity of the dependence on the second …

In this paper, we formulate a linear elastic second gradient isotropic two-dimensional
continuum model accounting for irreversible damage. The failure is defined as the condition …

Although already suggested in the middle of the 19th century, have material models that
include higher gradients of the kinematical variables become a blossoming field of research …

The central theme of this study is to investigate a remarkable capability of a second-gradient
continuum model developed for pantographic structures. The model is applied to a particular …