non-local elasticity

Small-world based interactions in elastic metamaterials

The problem of wave propagation control in one-dimensional systems, characterized by long-range interactions,
has been the main topic of several publications in recent years. The introduction of magnetostatic
or electrostatic forces modify the conventional connectivity based on the short-range interaction, classically
studied in structural mechanics. The present paper provides a new definition of long-range force, based on
the concept of small-world network. The small-world model, born in the field of social networks, is herein

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