Foundations and Applications of Mechanics, Volume I: Continuum Mechanics

‌Progressive Damage Analysis of Laminated Composites using Continuum Damage Mechanics

In this paper, progressive damage and global failure of composite laminates under quasi-static, monotonic loading are investigated using 3D continuum damage mechanics. For this purpose, a finite element program has been developed using an eight-node 2D layered element including layer-wise plate theory. Damage analysis of a single orthotropic layer under various uniform in-plane and transverse l...

Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

The Lecce group concerned with the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics has worked on different but interconnected research topics. Firstly, the research activity on the elaboration of a new theory (the ESR model) which avoids the problems and paradoxes of the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics (QM) has been continued. The ESR model embodies the mathematical formalism of QM into a broader...

Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

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Introduction to Continuum Mechanics

Continuum Thermo-Mechanics Fundamentals

We assume that at the continuum scales of interest here, the mass density ⇢ as well as the the momentum per unit volume ⇢u can be interpreted as well-defined averages of microscopic masses and momenta. That is, they are averages over minute spatial regions and time intervals, which can nevertheless be chosen large enough that there are negligible statistical fluctuations about those averages at...