Invited Lecturers
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Prof. Holm Altenbach (Co-ordinator)
holm.altenbach@iw.uni-halle.de, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
6 lectures on: Beams, plates and shells as one- and two-dimensional Cosserat Models. One- and two-dimensional non-classical theories within the framework of the direct approach. Cosserat-type theorie. Boundary-value-problems. Micro- and nanomechanics applications.
Prof. René de Borst
r.d.borst@tue.nl, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
6 lectures on: Gradient inelasticity: Theory and computational aspects. Constitutive theories for non-standard plasticity or damage formulations either involve higher-order (displacement) gradients, rotational degrees-of-freedom (Cosserat continua), or non-local averaging, efficient and robust numerical methodologies to handle non-standard continuum theories, with an emphasis on Cosserat and gradient theories, contemporary approaches, including isogeometric analysis methods.
Prof. Victor A. Eremeyev (Co-ordinator)
eremeyev.victor@gmail.com, South Federal University and South Scientific Center of RASci, Rostov on Don, Russian Federation
6 lectures on: Mechanics of three-dimensional fluid and solid micropolar continua. Comprehensive introduction to the generalized models. Material modeling. Micropolar continuum. Application to foams, microfibers arrays, binary mixtures, liquid crystals, microstructured fluids.
Prof. Samuel Forest
samuel.forest@mat.ensmp.fr, Mines ParisTech, France
6 lectures on: Micromorphic approach to plasticity, damage and phase changes. Constitutive theories for elastoviscoplastic micromorphic continua considering finite deformations. Effect of gradient of plastic strain, damage and some order parameters for the evolution of micro-structures during phase changes. Homogenization methods to generalized continua. Size effects in composites and crystalline solids. Crack propagation in foams and crystals.
Prof. Gérard Maugin
gerard.maugin@upmc.fr, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
6 lectures on: Electromagnetism and generalized continua.
Ponderomotive couple. Electromagnetic microstructure. Resonance couplings with classical deformation. Effects on configurational forces (fracture and phase transformation).
Prof. Paul Steinmann
steinmann@ltm.uni-erlangen.de, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
6 lectures on: Continuum Theory of Dislocations based on Concepts of Differential Geometry. Relation between stress free curvature of the crystal lattice and the dislocation density. Residual stresses for prescribed distributions of dislocations. Relation between the kinematics of dislocations and non-Riemann geometry. Hardening effects within generalized plasticity.