A fractional calculus approach to the mechanics of fractal media

Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-68

  Carpinteri, A ^a   Chiaia, B ^a   Cornetti, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

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