Mechanics of solids books

This volume contains the proceedings of the USA-Japan Joint Seminar on ""Fracture Mechanics of Ductile and Tough...  Read More >>

When asked to start teaching a course on engineering fracture mechanics, I realized that a concise textbook, giving...  Read More >>

These volumes are primarily concerned with high-pressure shock waves in solid media, including detonation and hi-...  Read More >>

Presents a variety of topics in continuum and fracture mechanics: energy methods, conservation laws, mathematical...  Read More >>

Chris Calladine's research has ranged very widely across the field of struc­ tural mechanics, with a particular...  Read More >>

This monograph deals with the behavior of essentially nonlinear heterogeneous materials in processes occurring under...  Read More >>

It presents both survey and research articles in the several ?elds that represent the main themes of Jerry’s work,...  Read More >>

The author applies methods of nonlinear elasticity to investigate the defects in the crystal structure of solids...  Read More >>

The study of the scattering of electromagnetic waves from rough surfaces has been actively carried out for more...  Read More >>

A material continuum moving axially at high speed can be met in numerous different technical applications. Webs...  Read More >>

Like FEM, the Boundary Element Method (BEM) provides a general numerical tool for the solution of complex engineering...  Read More >>

The range of the parameter variation is limited by stability considerations in the case of small deformations super­...  Read More >>

The understanding of time dependent crack propagation processes occupies a central place in the study of fracture....  Read More >>

This volume presents the first outcomes of the SERIES project, which pooled European seismic testing facilities,...  Read More >>

Powders have been studied extensively because they arise in a wide variety of fields, ranging from soil mechanics...  Read More >>

This volume contains the contributions to the 10th International Workshop on Railway Noise, held October 18–22,...  Read More >>

This book contains the lectures of the 5th Advanced Seminar on Fracture Mechanics (ASFM 5) held at the Joint Research...  Read More >>

The problem of viability of hybrid systems is considered in this work. The three-tank example is examined for both...  Read More >>

An impulse for writing this book has originated from the effort to sum­ marize and publicise the acquired results...  Read More >>

As any human activity needs goals, mathematical research needs problems -David Hilbert Mechanics is the paradise...  Read More >>

Moving Loads on Ice Plates is a unique study into the effect of vehicles and aircraft travelling across floating...  Read More >>

Reviews the current state of knowledge in the areas of flame structure, stability, ignition, chemical kinetics,...  Read More >>

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Focusing on energy transfer in hybrid systems in nonlinear dynamics, this volume begins with a description of systems...  Read More >>

The field of shock compression science has a long and rich history involving contributions of mathematicians, physicists...  Read More >>