E-grāmata: Mechanics of Heterogeneous Materials

1. Shamrovskii's Version of the Refined Dynamical Plate Theory.-
2. Time-Resolved Multifractal Analysis of Electron Beam Induced Piezoelectric
Polymer Fiber Dynamics: Towards Multiscale Thread-Based Microfluidics or
Acoustofludics.- 3. Simple coarse-grained model of the zebrafish embryonic
aorta suggests the mechanism driving shape changes during stem cell
production.- 4. Averaging-based approach to toughness homogenisation for
radial hydraulic fracture.- 5. Nonlinear Deformations of Anisotropic Elastic
Bodies with Distributed Dislocations.

Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil. Dr.h.c.mult. Holm Altenbach is a member of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics and the International Research Center on Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (M&MoCS), Italy. He has held positions at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg and Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, both in Germany. He graduated from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1985 (diploma in Dynamics and Strength of Machines) and was awarded his Ph.D. degree in 1983 and his Doctor of Technical Sciences degree in 1987 at the same institute. He is currently a full professor of Engineering Mechanics at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanics (since 2011), where he has been the acting director since 2015. His areas of scientific interest include general theory of elastic and inelastic plates and shells, creep and damage mechanics, strength theories, and nano- and micromechanics.







Victor A. Eremeyev, Ph.D., Dr. hab., is Associate Professor at University of Cagliari. His research focuses on continuum and structural mechanics, including the following topics: nonlinear elasticity, generalized continua (micropolar, micromorphic, stress- and strain- gradient media), metamaterials, surface elasticity, plates and shells, nano- and micromechanics, piezo- and flexoelectricity, flexomagneticity, and surface waves. He graduated from the Department of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics at the Rostov State University (Rostov on Don, Russia) in 1985. In 1990, he received a PhD degree from the same university; he also holds a doctor of science degree from 2004, at the Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering of Russian Academy of Science (St. Petersburg, Russia). He was appointed as assistant, associate and full professor at Rostov State University/South Federal University (19882017). Later, he worked as a researcher at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (20102011) and Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (20122015), Germany, as associate professor at Rzeszow University of Technology, Rzeszow (20152017), and as a full ´ professor at Gdansk University of Technology, Poland (20172021). In 2020, he joined the University of Cagliari, Italy. 







Mikhail Yu. Gutkin, Ph.D. (1990), Dr. Sci. Habil. (1998), is the Chief Researcher and Head of the Lab of Nanomaterials Mechanics and Theory of Defects at the Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia); Professor at the Institute of Advances Data Transfer Systems, ITMO University; Professor at the Higher School of Mechanics and Control Processes, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Areas of expertise are the Theory of defects in solids; Physics and mechanics of photonics structures; Micromechanics of plastic deformation and fracture of nanostructural materials; Defect structures in growing hexagonal crystals; Description of defects using gradient and surface elasticity theory; Boundary problems of elasticity theory for defects in finite and elastically heterogeneous structures. Graduated from the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (former Leningrad Polytechnic Institute called after M.I. Kalinin) in 1985.

Post-graduate at the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (1986-1990). Engineer, Junior Researcher, Researcher Leader of research group at the Central Research Institute of Materials (St. Petersburg, 1985-1991). Researcher, Senior Researcher, Leading Researcher, Chief Researcher, Chief Researcher and Head of Lab (1991-to date) at the Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). Professor at the Chair of the Physics of the Strength and Plasticity of Materials, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University (2005-2012) and at the Chair (Higher School since2019) of Mechanics and Control Processes, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (2013-to date). Professor at the Department of modern functional materials, Faculty of Engineering and Physics (2014-2015), Department of Light Technologies and Optoelectronics (2015-2018), Faculty of Laser Photonics and Optoelectronics (2018-2019), Institute of Advances Data Transfer Systems (2019-to date), ITMO University (St. Petersburg). Leading Researcher at the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, St. Petersburg State University (2012-2013). Leading Researcher at LLC Optogan New Technologies of Light (St. Petersburg, 2012-2013). Visiting Researcher at the Research Group on Mechanics of Heterogeneous Solids, Max-Planck-Society, Dresden, Germany (1995); the Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering Department, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA (1996); the Laboratory of Mechanics and Materials, Polytechnic School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1998, 1999);the Institute of Physical Metallurgy, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Freiberg, Germany (1999, 2001). Senior Research Associate at the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa (2000-2001).









 

Wolfgang H. Müller, Dr. rer. nat. (1986), Habil. (1998), is Full Professor of Continuum Mechanics and Cosntitutive Theory at the Technische Universität Berlin since 2001. Formelly he was full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. His area of expertise is in continuum physics.