We propose a model for the study of rock filled gabions, based on the theory of continua with
microstructure, where the interlocking of stones through contacts figures explicitly. In this …

The mechanical balance equations for a body with microstructure are derived from an
expansion of the general Noll's axiom of frame-indifference that takes into account the …

We discuss a multi-scale continuum representation of bodies made of several mass particles
flowing independently each other. From an invariance procedure and a nonstandard …

In this paper we formulate balance principles for an immiscible mixture of continua with
microstructure in the broadest sense to include, eg, diffusion and adsorption phenomena …

This paper provides an extension to Cosserat mechanics of a recently proposed version of
hypoplasticity [1], and this extension is achieved economically by means of a novel complex …

This study investigates the microstretch continuum modeling of granular assemblies while
accounting for both the dilatant and rotational degrees of freedom of a macroelement. By …

We present a micro-mechanical continuum model used for the description of dilatant
granular materials with incompressible rotating grains for which the kinetic energy, in …

The thermo-mechanical balance equations for a porous material with big irregular pores are
derived from the general ones for a medium with ellipsoidal microstructure by imposing the …

In this paper we resume some remarks upon the model for dry granular materials formulated
in [19] which generalized the distributed theory of Goodman & Cowin [24] by allowing the …

The interaction between near-surface geology and seismic radiation determines the features
of wave propagation in terms of path, amplification or damping of the seismic signal, which …