This book presents studies on the plasticity, failure, and damage behavior of materials and structures under monotonic and cyclic loads. Featuring contributions by leading authors from around the globe, it focuses on the description of new effects observed in experiments, such as damage under cyclic loading. It also proposes various simulation models based on different approaches and compares them with tests, taking scaling aspects into account.

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. mult. Holm Altenbach is a member of the International Research Center on Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (M&MoCS), Italy, and International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM). In 1996, he was appointed as a Full Professor (Engineering Mechanics) at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and since 2011, he has been a Full Professor at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. He graduated from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1980 (diploma with a distinction), and defended his Ph.D. and obtained his postgraduate degree (habilitation) from the same university in 1983 and 1987, respectively.

His areas of scientific interest include:

- Theory of plates and shells with applications

- Continuum mechanics and material modeling

- Generalized media

- Sandwiches and laminates

He is an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics/Zeitschrift f�r Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (the oldest journal in mechanics in Germany) and of Springer’s Advanced Structured Materials series. He is a member of the editorial board of the following journals: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Technische Mechanik, Mechanics of Composite Materials, and Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design.

He was awarded the Polish Humboldt Prize in 2018.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Michael Br�nig is a member of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM) and the German Association of Computational Mechanics (GACM). In 2010, he was appointed as a Full Professor at the Bundeswehr University Munich. He graduated from the University of Hannover in 1985, defended his doctoral degree at Ruhr-University Bochum in 1989, and obtained his postgraduate degree (habilitation) from the University of Technology Dortmund in 1988.

His areas of scientific interest include:

- Continuum mechanics and material modeling

- Finite element analysis

- Experiments on damage and fracture behavior

He is a member of the editorial board of the following journals: International Journal of Plasticity, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, Open Mechanics Journal, Open Mechanical Engineering Journal, Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering (Regional Editor), ISRN Applied Mathematics, Chinese Journal of Engineering.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Zbigniew Kowalewski graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics, Warsaw University of Technology (1981). He received his Ph.D. and postgraduate degree (habilitation) from the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1988 and 1997, respectively. In 2008, Professor Zbigniew Kowalewski was nominated as a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering by the President of Poland. He was the British Council Fellow at the University of Manchester from 1992 to 1993. Professor Zbigniew Kowalewski was appointed to the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1985 and worked at Warsaw University of Technology from 1997 to 2010. From 2010 to 2011, he was a Deputy Director of the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research. Since 2011, he has been the Head of the Department of Experimental Mechanics at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research. From 2015, he has been the President of the Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and from 2016 vice-president of the EuraSEM. Hehas over 35 years of research experience, mainly in the areas of plasticity, creep, fatigue, experimental methods in solid mechanics, and modeling of creep constitutive equations.

He is a member of the editorial board of the following journals: Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Engineering Transactions, Archives of Mechanical Engineering, and International Journal of Lightweight Materials.

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