TY - BOOK ID - 48304180 TI - Higher Gradient Materials and Related Generalized Continua AU - Altenbach, Holm. AU - Müller, Wolfgang H. AU - Abali, Bilen Emek. PY - 2019 SN - 303030406X 3030304051 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Materials science. KW - Mechanics. KW - Mechanics, Applied. KW - Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. KW - Solid Mechanics. KW - Classical Mechanics. KW - Applied mechanics KW - Engineering, Mechanical KW - Engineering mathematics KW - Classical mechanics KW - Newtonian mechanics KW - Physics KW - Dynamics KW - Quantum theory KW - Material science KW - Physical sciences KW - Materials KW - Continuum mechanics. KW - Mechanical properties. KW - Mechanics of continua KW - Elasticity KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Mechanical behavior of materials KW - Mechanical properties of materials KW - Mechanics KW - Mechanical behavior UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:48304180 AB - This book discusses recent findings and advanced theories presented at two workshops at TU Berlin in 2017 and 2018. It underlines several advantages of generalized continuum models compared to the classical Cauchy continuum, which although widely used in engineering practice, has a number of limitations, such as: • The structural size is very small. • The microstructure is complex. • The effects are localized. As such, the development of generalized continuum models is helpful and results in a better description of the behavior of structures or materials. At the same time, there are more and more experimental studies supporting the new models because the number of material parameters is higher. ER -