Mechanics of solids books

Mechanical engineering, an engineering discipline born of the needs of the industrial revolution, is once again...  Read More >>

Details the classical theory of poroelasticity developed by Biot and extends it to the study of problems in geomechanics,...  Read More >>

This volume is concerned with the basic problems of the theory of thermoelasticity for three models of continuous...  Read More >>

The Japanese original edition of ""FEM for Springs"" was published in 1997, to com­ memorate the 50th anniversary...  Read More >>

The basic concepts of traditional mechanics of stressed structures are suitable for classical uniform structures...  Read More >>

Many dynamical systems are described by differential equations that can be separated into one part, containing linear...  Read More >>

Continuum Continuum mechanics mechanics provides provides a a theoretical theoretical structure structure for for...  Read More >>

The simulation of engineering problems often involves an interaction or coupling of individual phenomena, which...  Read More >>

This book on mechanical microsensors is based on a course organized by the Swiss Foundation for Research in Microtechnology...  Read More >>

Undeservedly little attention is paid in the vast literature on the theories of vibration and plasticity to the...  Read More >>

Elastic waves possess some remarkable properties and have become ever more important to applications in fields such...  Read More >>

The purpose of this monograph is to show how a compliant offshore structure in an ocean environment can be modeled...  Read More >>

This book has evolved from a course on Mechanics of Robots that the author has thought for over a dozen years at...  Read More >>

The field of composite materials has seen substantial development in the past decade, New composite systems are...  Read More >>

This book presents a modern continuum mechanics and mathematical framework to study shell physical behaviors, and...  Read More >>

When Kluwer decided to publish an English translation ofthe book in 1992, I had to choose between letting Kluwer...  Read More >>

Mechanical engineering, an engineering discipline born of the needs of the Industrial Revolution, is once again...  Read More >>

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Especially designed as self-sustaining oscillating systems, resonant robotic systems use the natural modes of oscillation...  Read More >>

The monograph Micropolar Theory of Elasticity is devoted to the asymmetric theory of elasticity and thermoelasticity,...  Read More >>

Ice dynamics, on the other hand, deals with the movement of broken ice: descriptions of an aggregate of ice floes...  Read More >>

Reanalysis is needed in many areas such as structural optimization, analysis of damaged structures, nonlinear analysis,...  Read More >>

This book is based on lecture notes for a graduate course that has been offered at University of Nebraska-Lincoln...  Read More >>

This multiplicity of vehicles, through their physical impact and their emissions, is responsible for, among other...  Read More >>

Among the wide diversity of nonlinear mechanical systems, it is possible to distinguish a representative class of...  Read More >>