Below Macro: Driving Forces of Micromechanics: Special Issue of the Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 128

Summary: The possibilities offered by micromechanics "below macro" are entering all fields of application, ranging from traditional solid materials to multiphase material systems in geomechanics and biomechanics. The 13 papers in the special issue on micromechanics of porous materials focus on advances in methods and applications. Topics include: Continuum Micromechanics; Upscaling Heterogeneous Media by Asymptitoc Expansions...; Mechanics of Composite Solids; Local Geometry and Transports of Real Porous Media; Extension of Poroelastic Analysis to Double-Porosity Materials; Micromechanical Approach to Nonlinear Poroelasticity, Application to Cracked Rocks [read more]