Crystals and polycrystals, composites and polymers, grids and multibar systems can be considered as examples of media with microstructure. A characteristic feature of all such models is the existence of scale parameters which are connected with micro geometry or long-range interacting forces. As a result the corresponding theory must essentially be a nonlocal one. The book is devoted to a systematic investigation of effects of microstructure, inner degrees of freedom and nonlocality in elastic media. The propagation of linear and nonlinear waves in dispersive media, static problems, and the...

Crystals and polycrystals, composites and polymers, grids and multibar systems can be considered as examples of media with microstructure. A characteristic feature of all such models is the existence of scale parameters which are con- nected with microgeometry or long-range interacting forces. As a result the cor- responding theory must essentially be a nonlocal one. This treatment provides a systematic investigation of the effects of micro- structure, inner degrees of freedom and non locality in elastic media. The prop- agation of linear and nonlinear waves in dispersive media, static,...