This book presents research advances in the field of Continuous Media with Microstructure and considers the three complementary pillars of mechanical sciences:
Crystals and polycrystals, composites and polymers, grids and multibar systems can be considered as examples of media with microstructure. A characteristic feat
The book contains recent contributions in the field of waves propagation and stability in continuous media. In particular, the contributions consider discontinu
David Middleton was a towering figure of 20th Century engineering and science and one of the founders of statistical communication theory. During the second Wor