Advances in Solid Mechanics and Applications to Slender Structures
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 1174
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanics of continua, solids, and structures; theory of elasticity; models of non-prismatic inhomogeneous slender solids; structural dynamics; flight dynamics; stability and bifurcation; perturbation methods; automatic control
Interests: one-dimensional models of thin-walled beams; static flexural-torsional elastic bifurcations; dynamic bifurcations; non-linear elasticity; non-local elasticity; models of damaged beams; models of curved beams; models of plates and shells; structural elements with variable material properties; history of mechanics and its epistemological foundations; teaching of mechanics
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Interests: theoretical research in non-linear elasticity; experimental and theoretical research on damage of quasi-brittle materials (of marble and calcareous rocks in particular); experimental and theoretical research on metal plasticity; structural optimization and bridge design; design of glass structures
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which aims to gather new research in the field of solid mechanics, with a particular focus on the mechanical modeling of slender elastic elements across various length scales.
Slender elements are widespread in nature and in engineering applications. Beam models have long been used to represent their mechanical behavior across different length scales. Examples include carbon nanotubes at the nanoscale, components of offshore wind turbines and long pipelines at the macroscale (hundreds of meters), and elements for ambitious engineering projects, such as the giant space elevator, at the megascale (thousands of kilometers).
Studies of interest include the following: stress and strain predictions in slender deformable elements with mechanical properties that vary along their length; on phenomena such as instability and resonance that may threaten safety or offer opportunities for energy harvesting; and on phenomena such as partial interaction and relative slippage between individual system components, such as those observed in cables made of helically wound fibers interacting via friction or in fibers made of carbon nanotubes held together by Van der Waals interactions.
Original research articles are welcome on analytical and numerical methods for the static and dynamic modeling of slender elements across different length scales. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Statics and dynamics of prismatic and non-prismatic beams and cables;
- Dynamic stability and bifurcation phenomena;
- Hierarchical arrangements of helical fibers and strands;
- Analytical methods, perturbation methods, and homogenization methods;
- Reduced order models;
- Energy harvesting, vibration absorbers, and damping design;
- Experimental investigations.
Dr. Giovanni Migliaccio
Dr. Giuseppe Ruta
Prof. Dr. Gianni A Royer Carfagni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- beam
- cable
- nanotubes
- composite
- functionally graded materials
- metamaterials
- taper
- pre-twist
- dynamics
- damping
- resonance
- stability
- bifurcation
- vibrations
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