New edition focuses on the differences between material optimization techniques in statics and dynamics

Discusses general features of dynamic materials as thermodynamically open systems

Equips reader with novel exposition

Inhalt

1. A General Concept of Dynamic Materials.- 2. An Activated Elastic Bar: Effective Properties.- 3. Dynamic Materials in Electrodynamics of Moving Dielectrics.- 4. G -closures of a Set of Isotropic Dielectrics with Respect to One-Dimensional Wave Propagation.- 5. Rectangular Microstructures in Space-Time.- 6. On Material Optimization in Continuum Dynamics.- References.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Appendix 3.- Appendix 4.- Index.