Mechanics of solids books

Presents coverage of the topics required for an introductory course in Mechanics of Materials. This title gives...  Read More >>

Written by experienced practitioners and researchers in the field, this book brings together recent developments...  Read More >>

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Ocean closure involves a variety of converging tectonic processes that reshape shrinking basins, their adjacent...  Read More >>

In no other structural systemare extreme loads such as tornadoes, missile and loud interaction, earthquakeeffects...  Read More >>

This is a revised version of the 1984 book of the same name but considerably modified and enlarged to accommodate...  Read More >>

This one-volume, in-depth introduction to the computational methodologies available for rapid detection of flaws...  Read More >>

In this book the modern theory of both regular and chaotic nonlinear oscillations is set out, primarily, as applied...  Read More >>

Fatigue and wear are the most damaging phenomena affecting machines since they result in some 90% of breakdowns....  Read More >>

The main ideas are illustrated in the context of three different physical problems:(i) A barotropic viscous gas...  Read More >>

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Mechanics of Materials helps students gain physical and intuitive understanding of the ideas underlying the mechanics...  Read More >>

This text is an introduction to the dynamics of active structures and to the feedback control of lightly damped...  Read More >>

In the framework of the synthetic theory such problems as creep delay, the Hazen-Kelly effect, the deformation at...  Read More >>

Damage to the central nervous system resulting from pathological mechanical loading can occur as a result of trauma...  Read More >>

Advanced Mechanics in Robotic Systems illustrates ambitious, original mechanical designs and techniques for developing...  Read More >>

Plate structures are used in almost every area of engineering, including aerospace and naval architecture, civil...  Read More >>

Modern computational techniques, such as the Finite Element Method, have, since their development several decades...  Read More >>

Fatigue of Fiber-reinforced Composites describes the fatigue behavior of several types of composite materials. Based...  Read More >>

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Numerous scientific and practical challenges still exist in the field of ship stability. This book presents papers...  Read More >>

Concerned with the fundamental concepts and methods of fracture mechanics and micromechanics, Fracture Mechanics...  Read More >>

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