Mechanics of solids books

The major goal of this book is to present the implementation of some damage models with finite elements. The program...  Read More >>

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I was introduced to structural control by Raphael Haftka and Bill Hallauer during a one year stay at the Aerospace...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Abisko National Park, Kiruna, Sweden, July 31-August 4, 2000  Read More >>

The study of the behavior of complex materials in sophisticated devices also opens intricate questions about the...  Read More >>

This plenary paper and the accompanying presentation have highlighted field problems involving fluid-structure interaction...  Read More >>

Also in vogue in the mathematical literature are studies of blow-up in systems of partial differen­ tial equations,...  Read More >>

The notion of continuum thermodynamics, adopted in this book, is primarily understood as a strategy for development...  Read More >>

This technique has the advantage of enhancing the essential unity of all processes of approxi- tion used in the...  Read More >>

fudustrial uses of polysaccharides centre on their ability to thicken or structure many times their own weight of...  Read More >>

NICOLO 1 Technology as Knowledge: The Case of Modern Engineering Systems In recent years scholars coming from the...  Read More >>

(enriched) damaging continua models; material experiments vs. element technology; geometrical nonlinearity...  Read More >>

This book is devoted to the basic variational principles of mechanics: the Lagrange-D'Alembert differential variational...  Read More >>

Most practical processes such as chemical reactor, industrial furnace, heat exchanger, etc., are nonlinear stochastic...  Read More >>

Mechanical Engineering, an engineering discipline borne of the needs of the in­ dustrial revolution, is once again...  Read More >>

However, despite physical complexities, soil mechanics has developed on the assumption that a soil can be seen as...  Read More >>

A survey of the major topics surrounding the modeling and analysis of problems in micromechanics of multicomponent...  Read More >>

Daniel Bernoulli extended these ideas to a chain pendulum and called forces not contributing to the motion ""lost...  Read More >>

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In this book several connections between probability theory and wave propagation are explored. Using the probabilistic...  Read More >>

It then discusses the dynamics of fracture and creep in homogeneous and isotropic media, including discussions of...  Read More >>

The successes of radiotechnique provided fertile ground for the dominance of sinusoidal waves in wave physics. Yet...  Read More >>

These advantages have been recognized for precast concrete raft pavement units (raft units) since their introduction...  Read More >>

This book is derived from notes used in teaching a first-year graduate-level course in elasticity in the Department...  Read More >>