Universality of Nonclassical Nonlinearity (PDF)

Towards a top-down approach in materials science. -Nonlinear dynamical systems in economics.- Nonlinearity in medical sciences (oncology).- Nonlinearity as a structural feature of living systems.- Nonlinearity and complexity in Elastic Wave Motion.- The state of the art of nonlinear elasticity in geomaterials.- Nonlinear Rock Mechanics; Seasonality and Harvesting, Revisited.- Cancer growth is a nonclassical nonlinear phenomenon. -Multiscale Approach to Nonlinear and Hysteretic Elastodynamics in one- and two- dimensions.- Inverse modelling of microdamage characteristics in specimens of simple geometry based on NRUS.- Molecular dynamics, micro potentials and PM space models.- Soft Computing Methods in Inverse Problems Solutions.- Hierarchy of waves in non-classical materials.- Modelling and numerical simulation of non- classical effects of waves, including phase transition fronts.- The Spectral Analysis of a PM Space Unit in the Context of the Classification of Nonlinear Phenomena in Ultrasonic Wave Propagation.- Nonlinear Ultrasonic Transmission Through Thin Bonded Interface: Theoretical Background and Numerical Simulations. -Numerical analysis of the anomalous elastic behaviour of hysteretic media: quasi-static, dynamic and relaxation experiments.- A Lisa model of the Non Linear and hysteretic response of interstitial regions to applied stresses.- A 2D Spring Model for the Simulation Of Nonlinear Hysteretic Elasticity.- Generation threshold of subharmonic modes in piezoelectric resonator.- Nonclassical nonlinear dynamics of interfaces between solid surfaces in contact.- Inertia nonlinearity of grainy media.- Nonlinear Elastic Wave Experiments: Learning about the behaviour of rocks and geomaterials.- Nonlinearity in geomaterials at low strains. -Nonlinear acoustic NDE: intrinsic potential of complete non-classical spectra. -Nonlinear Elastic wave experiments in the laboratory. -Applications to various materials and microdamage mechanics. -Surface

Pier Paolo Delsanto is currently a professor of Physics with a chair at the Politecnico of Torino Italy. He has also held a position as the Director of the Politecnico Research Unit in Condensed Matter Physics.