50+ Years of AIMETA

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 AIMETA: A Proper Perspective to Retrace the Evolution of Italian Mechanics, with a Focus on Solids and Structures
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   Chapter 2 Recognized Italian Scholars of Mechanics
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   Chapter 3 Mathematics and Engineering: A Fruitful Interaction
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   Chapter 4 Memoirs of a Few Senior AIMETA Officers
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   Chapter 5 Tribology Within AIMETA
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   Chapter 6 New Challenges for Meccanica After 55 Years
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   Chapter 7 Italian Mechanics: Overviews, Viewpoints, Perspectives
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   Chapter 8 Eugenio Beltrami à l’Académie des Sciences and Adhemar de Saint-Venant all’Accademia dei Lincei
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    Chapter 9 Kinematics of Machines: Contributions from Meccanica
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    Chapter 10 The AIMETA Contribution to the Development of Masonry Mechanics
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    Chapter 11 Dynamics and Stability: From an Ancillary to a Leading Role in the History of AIMETA
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    Chapter 12 Strain-Difference Based Nonlocal Elasticity Theories: Formulations and Obtained Results
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    Chapter 13 On the Theory of Inhomogeneities in Continuum Mechanics 1950s–1970s: Elastic Invariants and an Overlooked Paper by C. Eckart
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    Chapter 14 Configurational Forces on Elastic Structures
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    Chapter 15 Materials with Memory: Viscoelasticity and Hysteresis
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    Chapter 16 Fractional Calculus in Visco-Elasticity
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    Chapter 17 Contributions and Challenges on the Computational Modeling of Damage and Fracture
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    Chapter 18 Structural Dynamic Identification and Damage Detection
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    Chapter 19 Experimental Dynamic Substructuring: Significance and Perspectives
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    Chapter 20 Bluff-Body Aerodynamics: Research Challenges from Wind Engineering
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    Chapter 21 Stability Analyses to Predict Tidal Sedimentary Patterns
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    Chapter 22 Wall Turbulence and Turbulent Drag Reduction
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    Chapter 23 Theory and Simulation of Dynamic Nucleation in Metastable Fluids
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    Chapter 24 Homogenized Boundary Conditions for Micro-Textured Surfaces
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    Chapter 25 Homogenization of Periodic Architected Materials
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    Chapter 26 Mechanics of Microsystems: A Recent Journey in a Fascinating Branch of Mechanics
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    Chapter 27 Additive Manufacturing: Challenges and Opportunities for Structural Mechanics
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    Chapter 28 Biomechanics in AIMETA
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    Chapter 29 Shape Control, Morphing and Mechanobiology
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    Chapter 30 Aquatic Locomotion for Self-propelled Fishlike Bodies and Different Styles of Swimming