Models, Simulation, and Experimental Issues in Structural Mechanics

5-dimensional Thermodynamics of Dissipative Continua.- Mathematical Modelings of Smart Devices and Smart Structures.- Multiplane Cohesive Zone Models Combining Damage, Friction and Interlocking.- On Alternative Approaches for Graded Damage Modelling.- Edge Debonding Prediction in Beams Strengthened by FRP Composite<div>Plates.- A Concurrent Multiscale Model for Crack Propagation Analysis in</div><div>Composite Materials.- Quasi-static Evolution, Variational Principles and Implicit Scheme in Gradient Plasticity.- Deviatoric Strength of Nanoporous Materials: A Limit Analysis Approach.- On Melan’s Theorem in Temperature-dependent Viscoplasticity.- Incompressibility and Large Deformations.- Crowd-structure Interaction in Laterally Vibrating Footbridges: Comparison of two Fully Coupled Approaches.- Computational Modeling of Backward Erosion Piping.- Experimental Analysis of a Tuned Mass Damper with Eddy Currents</div> Damping Effect.- Experimental Study on a Scaled Model of Offshore Wind Turbine on Monopile Foundation.