Abstract: In this study probabilistic and nonprobabilistic anti-optimization approaches are contrasted to evaluate their relative advantages and disadvantages while solving a mechanical problem in presence ...

Abstract: The paper deals with the generalization of Fourier-type relations in the context of fractional-order calculus. The instantaneous temperature-flux equation of the Fourier-type diffusion is generalized, introducing a ...

Abstract: This work aims to shed light on the “thermally-anomalous” coupled behavior of slightly deformable bodies, in which the strain is additively decomposed in an elastic contribution and in a thermal part. The macroscopic heat ...