The knowledge I learned during this period will benefit the rest of my life. Lots of support and help have been given by family, colleagues, and friends during these years. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of them. First of all, I would like to thank my supervisor, Prof. Jose Merodio, for his strong and kind support, giving me the opportunity of working in a group with a great and friendly environment, and for sharing his knowledge and experience with me. I would also like to thank my colleague and my good friend Dr. Raimondo Penta, for guiding me into the entrance of the multiscale analysis, his generous support in many aspects, and hosting me in Glasgow. I am very grateful to have had the chance to work in the welcoming and professional atmosphere of the University of Glasgow, provided by the staff of School of Mathematics and Statistics, especially, Prof. Raymond Ogden who helped me to continue collaboration with Dr. Raimondo Penta. A sincere thank you is given to Dr. Javier Rodríguez for his helpful advice about Abaqus. Special thanks to Prof. Andreas Menzel who gave me the chance to work in the very friendly and professional environment of the Division of Mechanics at the Technical University of Dortmund and vii viii also to start a fruitful collaboration with him and his Ph.D. student, Isabelle Guschke.Finally, my heartfelt thanks to my family for their everlasting love and support. My wife, Fateme, no words in the world can express my thankfulness for your endless love.My Ph.D. journey finally came to an end. However, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." (Winston Churchill, 1942