In the present work we generalize the curvilinear Virtual Element technology, introduced for
a simple linear scalar problem in a previous work, to generic 2D solid mechanic problems in …

The mechanical behavior of fibrous metamaterials is mainly determined by the interactions
between the fibers composing the architecture. These interactions are usually of two …

This article presents different micromechanical modelling techniques based on analytical
and numerical approaches to determine the effective elastic and piezoelectric (piezoelastic) …

In the last decades the modeling of masonry structures has become an argument particularly
appealing for many researchers and a large variety of numerical techniques have been …

In this work, an extension of the strain energy for fibrous metamaterials composed of two
families of parallel fibers lying on parallel planes and joined by connective elements is …

A thermodynamic description of porous media must handle the size-and shape-dependence
of media properties, in particular on the nano-scale. Such dependencies are typically due to …

The modern polycrystalline composite materials have a complex internal structure consisting
of different phases and interfaces with random distribution. Relevant examples are Al 2 O …

This paper proposes a coupled virtual element-interface finite element model for the
analysis of the fracture propagation in polycrystalline composites with random …

This paper proposes a scheme to develop 2D mesoscale propellant models from X-ray
computed tomography (XCT) images, including digital image processing (DIP)-based …

In this introductory chapter we present the motivations that prompted the authors and editors
to work on this volume. The fil rouge followed in the discussion presented below is based on …