Kounadis A.N., Gdoutos E.E. (Eds.) Recent Advances in Mechanics
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Recent Advances in Mechanics
Anthony N. Kounadis
and Emmanuel E. Gdoutos (Eds.)
Recent Advances in
Mechanics
Selected Papers from the Symposium on
Recent Advances in Mechanics, Academy
of Athens, Athens, Greece, 17-19 September,
2009, Organised by the Pericles S. Theocaris
Foundation in Honour of P.S. Theocaris,
on the Tenth Anniversary of His Death
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Editors
Anthony N. Kounadis
Academy of Athens
Soranou Efessiou 4
GR-115 27 Athens
Greece
E-mail: kounadis@bioacademy.gr
Emmanuel E. Gdoutos
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Democritus University of Thrace
GR-671 00 Xanthi
Greece
E-mail: egdoutos@civil.duth.gr
ISBN 978-94-007-0556-2 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0557-9
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0557-9
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Pericles S. Theocaris Foundation
Symposium
On Recent Advances in Mechanics
Dedicated to P.S. Theocaris
In Commemoration of Ten Years from his Death
17-19 September 2009
Anthony N. Kounadis and Emmanuel E. Gdoutos (Editors)
Academy of Athens
VI Dedication
Pericles S. Theocaris Foundation
Board of Trustees
President Gregory D. Skalkeas, Academician, Professor Emeri-
tus, University of Athens
Vice President Eugenia S. Theocaris, Lawyer
Secretary General Nikos P. Andrianopoulos, Professor, National Tech-
nical University of Athens
Treasurer Dimitris Pazis, Assoc. Professor, National Technical
University of Athens
Members
Anthony N. Kounadis, Academician, Professor
Emeritus, National Technical University of Athens
Simos E. Simopoulos, Professor – Rector of National
Technical University of Athens
Emmanuel E. Gdoutos, Corresponding Member of the
Academy of Athens, Professor, Democritus University
of Thrace
Dionisios Kounadis, Lawyer, Former General Direc-
tor, Ministry of Financial Affairs
Sponsors
Academy of Athens
National Technical University of Athens
Pericles S. Theocaris Foundation
Eugenia Theocaris
Participants of the Theocaris Symposium in front of the Academy of Athens
Preface
This book contains 24 papers presented at the symposium on “Recent Advances in
Mechanics” dedicated to the late Professor–Academician Pericles S. Theocaris in
commemoration of the tenth anniversary of his death. The symposium was organ-
ized by the Pericles S. Theocaris Foundation. The papers were written by world
renowned and recognized experts in their fields and serve as a reference and guide
for future research.
P.S. Theocaris dominated the Greek and international arena of Theoretical and
Applied Mechanics during the second half of the twentieth century. With his con-
tinuous presence in the scientific community, manifested by the publication of
original works, he opened new paths in many areas of Applied Mechanics and
supervised a plethora of emerging scientists and engineers. Furthermore, through
the establishment of a well-equipped Laboratory of Applied Mechanics at the Na-
tional Technical University of Athens, he made a name for himself as the father of
Mechanics in Greece. The Laboratory of Applied Mechanics that he directed from
1960 until his retirement in 1989 was the nursery and heart of the contemporary
Mechanics community in Greece. Furthermore, P.S. Theocaris had a particular
position in the international scientific community. It is rather difficult to find
a researcher in the area of Applied Mechanics worldwide who has not heard of
P.S. Theocaris.
The topics covered in the book can be divided into three major themes:
• Mathematical methods in applied mechanics (nine papers)
• Experimental mechanics (nine papers)
• Fracture mechanics (six papers)
The papers appear by alphabetical order of the corresponding author in each
theme. The various topics discussed within each theme are as follows:
Mathematical Methods in Applied Mechanics
“Application of Reciprocity Relations to Laser-Based Ultrasonics,” by J.D.
Achenbach, discusses an application of the reciprocity theorem for thermo-
anisotropic elastodynamics of inhomogeneous solids. The theorem relates body
forces, surface tractions, displacements, temperatures and strains of two solutions
of the field equations. It is used to analyze the dynamic response to high-intensity
heating of a small surface region of a half-space that is transversely isotropic and
whose elastic moduli and mass density depend on the depth coordinate.