Citation: | Meso-mechanics and meso-damage mechanics[J]. Advances in Mechanics, 1992, 22(1): 1-9. doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-1992-1-J1992-001 |
A state-of-art survey in the rapidly developing field of meso-mechanics, including its definition, main research issues and the domain of applications, is presented here. Emphasis is also placed on the new advances in meso-damage mechanics. The future research trends and opportunities of meso-mechanics are outlined in the final part of the paper.