Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Preface
Acknowledgments
Sectional Lectures and Mini-symposium Papers
Material Instabilities in Elastic and Plastic Solids: The Perturbative Approach; Davide Bigoni
Modelling Strain Localization by Cohesive (Overlapping) Zones in Tension (Compression): Brittleness Size Effects and Scaling in Material Properties; Alberto Carpinteri, Marco Paggi
Multi-scale Analysis of Polycristalline Metals and Composites; J.-L. Chaboche
Micro-architectured Solids: From Blast Resistant Structures to Morphing Wings; Norman A. Fleck
Plasto-Mechanics of Large Deformation under Impact Loading; N.K. Gupta
Onset of Oscillatory Thermocapillary Convection; W.R. Hu, Z.M. Tang
Instabilities of Flows through Deformable Tubes and Channels; O.E. Jensen
Surface Bubbles in Micro-and Nanofluidics; Bram Borkent, Detlef Lohse
Bridged and Cohesive Crack Models for Fracture in Composite Materials; Roberta Massab
Relaxation to Steady Vortical Flows - and Knots in the Quark-Gluon Plasma; H.K. Moffatt
Instabilities across the Scales: Simple Models for Shear Banding, Plate Subduction and Mantle Convection in Geodynamics; Hans-Bernd M hlhaus, Louis Moresi, Matt Davies, Klaus Gottschald, Alina Hale
From Dry Granular Flows to Submarine Avalanches; Mickael Pailha, Maxime Nicolas, Olivier Pouliquen
Failure of Rocks in the Laboratory and in the Earth; J.W. Rudnicki
Modeling of Bone Failure by Cohesive Zone Models; Thomas Siegmund, Matthew R. Allen, David B. Burr
The Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines; J.N. Sorensen, R. Mikkelsen, N. Troldborg, V.L. Okulov, W.Z. Shen
Cohesive-Zone Modeling of Adhesive Joints; M.D. Thouless
Author Index
Synopsis
The 22nd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM) of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics was hosted by the Australasian mechanics community in the city of Adelaide during the last week of August 2008. Over 1200 delegates met to discuss the latest development in the fields of theoretical and applied mechanics. This volume records the events of the congress and contains selected papers from the sectional lectures and invited lectures presented at the congresses six mini-symposia.