04849nam 22006495 450 991057407210332120230810174549.09783030941956(electronic bk.)978303094194910.1007/978-3-030-94195-6(MiAaPQ)EBC7013193(Au-PeEL)EBL7013193(CKB)23524788300041EBL7013193(AU-PeEL)EBL7013193(DE-He213)978-3-030-94195-6(EXLCZ)992352478830004120220604d2022 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier50+ Years of AIMETA A Journey Through Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Italy /edited by Giuseppe Rega1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2022.1 online resource (505 pages)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Rega, Giuseppe 50+ Years of AIMETA Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030941949 Includes bibliographical references and index.A Proper Perspective to Retrace the Evolution of Italian Mechanics, with a Focus on Solids and Structures -- Recognized Italian Scholars of Mechanics -- Mathematics and Engineering: A Fruitful Interaction -- Memoirs of a Few Senior AIMETA Officers -- Tribology within AIMETA -- New Challenges for Meccanica After 55 Years -- Italian Mechanics: Overviews, Viewpoints, Perspectives -- Kinematics of Machines: Contributions from Meccanica -- The AIMETA Contribution to the Development of Masonry Mechanics -- Dynamics and Stability: From an Ancillary to a Leading Role in the History of AIMETA -- Strain-difference Based Nonlocal Elasticity Theories: Formulations and Obtained Results -- On the Theory of Inhomogeneities in Continuum Mechanics 1950s – 1970s: Elastic Invariants and an Overlooked Paper by C. Eckart -- Configurational Forces on Elastic Structures -- Materials with Memory: Viscoelasticity and Hysteresis -- Fractional Calculus in Visco-elasticity -- Contributions and Challenges on the Computational Modelling of Damage and Fracture.The book retraces the history of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA) since its establishment in 1965. AIMETA is the official Italian association of mechanics adhering to IUTAM (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), which organizes and coordinates a meaningful number of research activities, the most important of which are the biennial National Congress and the internationally renowned journal “Meccanica”, published by Springer. Besides collecting and organizing all related important data and information, as far as possible, by distinguishing among the five scientific areas – general mechanics, solids, structures, fluids, machines – encompassed by AIMETA, the history of the association is assumed as a proper perspective to overview the evolution of theoretical and applied mechanics in Italy over about the last fifty years. This is accomplished in the first part of the book. with also a specific focus on the mechanics of solids and structures, where the biographies of a meaningful number of recognized Italian scholars of mechanics in all areas are also provided, along with testimonials and memories by a few senior people meaningfully involved with AIMETA and Italian mechanics. The second part gives an account, although unavoidably incomplete, of recent developments of mechanical sciences in Italy, as reflected also in the activities of AIMETA and with reference to the international context. Contributions by a number of invited senior scholars, still very active, consist of overviews on some scientific themes in the various areas, summaries of achievements of research groups, expressions of research viewpoints, prospects for future developments.Mechanics, AppliedMechanical engineeringScienceHistoryBuilding materialsEngineering MechanicsMechanical EngineeringHistory of ScienceStructural MaterialsMechanics, Applied.Mechanical engineering.ScienceHistory.Building materials.Engineering Mechanics.Mechanical Engineering.History of Science.Structural Materials.531.0720945531.0720945Rega G.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ991057407210332150+ years of AIMETA2997459UNINA