Finite Element Modelling of 2D Brittle Fracture: The Phase-Field Approach -- Crystalline Deformation in the Small Scale -- Methods of Stochastic Mechanics for Characterization of Deformation in Randomly Reinforced Composite Materials -- Optimization of the Damping Properties Electro-Viscoelastic Objects with External Electric Circuits -- Bulk Metallic Glasses: Mechanical Properties and Performance -- Constitutive Properties of Pure Indium in Wide Temperature Range -- Metamaterials with Negative Poisson's Ratio: A Review of Mechanical Properties and Deformation Mechanisms -- Deformation and Damage of Thermally Bonded Nonwoven Networks.

The last decades have seen a large extension of types of materials employed in various applications. In many cases these materials demonstrate mechanical properties and performance that vary significantly from those of their traditional counterparts. Such uniqueness is sought - or even specially manufactured - to meet increased requirements on modern components and structures related to their specific use. As a result, mechanical behaviors of these materials under different loading and environmental conditions are outside the boundaries of traditional mechanics of materials, presupposing development of new characterization techniques, theoretical descriptions and numerical tools. The book presents interesting examples of recent developments in this area. Among the studied materials are bulk metallic glasses, metamaterials, special composites, piezoelectric smart structures, nonwovens, etc.