Mechanics Down Under [recurso electrónico] Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, held in Adelaide, Australia, 24 - 29 August, 2008

The 22nd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM) of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics was hosted by the Australasian mechanics community in the city of Adelaide during the last week of August 2008. Over 1200 delegates met to discuss the latest development in the fields of theoretical and applied mechanics. This volume records the events of the congress and contains selected papers from the sectional lectures and invited lectures presented at the congresses six mini-symposia. Front Matter....Pages 1-119 Material Instabilities in Elastic and Plastic Solids: The Perturbative Approach....Pages 1-14 Modelling Strain Localization by Cohesive (Overlapping) Zones in Tension (Compression): Brittleness Size Effects and Scaling in Material Properties....Pages 15-33 Multi-scale Analysis of Polycristalline Metals and Composites....Pages 35-56 Micro-architectured Solids: From Blast Resistant Structures to Morphing Wings....Pages 57-65 Plasto-Mechanics of Large Deformation under Impact Loading....Pages 67-84 Onset of Oscillatory Thermocapillary Convection....Pages 85-99 Instabilities of Flows through Deformable Tubes and Channels....Pages 101-116 Surface Bubbles in Micro- and Nanofluidics....Pages 117-134 Bridged and Cohesive Crack Models for Fracture in Composite Materials....Pages 135-154 Relaxation to Steady Vortical Flows – And Knots in the Quark-Gluon Plasma....Pages 155-164 Instabilities across the Scales: Simple Models for Shear Banding, Plate Subduction and Mantle Convection in Geodynamics....Pages 165-188 From Dry Granular Flows to Submarine Avalanches....Pages 189-198 Failure of Rocks in the Laboratory and in the Earth....Pages 199-215 Modeling of Bone Failure by Cohesive Zone Models....Pages 217-230 The Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines....Pages 231-247 Cohesive-Zone Modeling of Adhesive Joints....Pages 249-255 Back Matter....Pages 257-304 Sectional Lectures and Mini-symposium Papers Material Instabilities in Elastic and Plastic Solids: The Perturbative Approach Modelling Strain Localization by Cohesive (Overlapping) Zones in Tension (Compression): Brittleness Size Effects and Scaling in Material Properties Multi-scale Analysis of Polycristalline Metals and Composites Micro-architectured Solids: From Blast Resistant Structures to Morphing Wings Plasto-Mechanics of Large Deformation under Impact Loading Onset of Oscillatory Thermocapillary Convection Instabilities of Flows through Deformable Tubes and Channels Surface Bubbles in Micro-and Nanofluidics CXXII Contents Bridged and Cohesive Crack Models for Fracture in Composite Materials Relaxation to Steady Vortical Flows – and Knots in the Quark-Gluon Plasma Instabilities across the Scales: Simple Models for Shear Banding, Plate Subduction and Mantle Convection in Geodynamics From Dry Granular Flows to Submarine Avalanches Failure of Rocks in the Laboratory and in the Earth Modeling of Bone Failure by Cohesive Zone Models The Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines Cohesive-Zone Modeling of Adhesive Joints Author Index.