Mechanics of solids books

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Structural design sensitivity analysis concerns the relationship between design variables available to the design...  Read More >>

Deals with the development of asymptotic methods of perturbation theory, making use of group-theoretical techniques....  Read More >>

The theory of thermoelasticity studies the interaction between thermal and mechan­ ical fields in elastic bodies....  Read More >>

Presents the proceedings of an international conference held on 24-25 March, 1993 in London under the auspices of...  Read More >>

Covering general principles of the theory of materials within the framework of phenomenological continuum mechanics,...  Read More >>

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A lot of details, numerical results for cell problem solutions, calculations of high-order terms of asymptotic expansions,...  Read More >>

Most controlled mechanical systems with time delays can be modeled as the dynamic systems described by a set of...  Read More >>

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The present volume offers a state-of-the-art report on the various recent sci­ entific developments in the Theory...  Read More >>

While there is not yet any general theory for granular materials, significant progress has been achieved for dilute...  Read More >>

A historical sketch of the study of beat Cepheids, first known for their variable amplitudes, is given as an introduction...  Read More >>

The classical, phenomenological theory of plastically anisotropic materials has passed a long way: from the work...  Read More >>

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Star clusters are at the heart of astronomy, being key objects for our understanding of stellar evolution and galactic...  Read More >>

This book includes selected contributions to the Workshop WAFR 2002 being held at December 15-17, 2002 in Nice,...  Read More >>

This volume explores advances in all areas of drag reduction research, development, validation and demonstration...  Read More >>

The morphology of spatially stuctured materials is a rapidly growing field of research at the interface of statistical...  Read More >>

This book is the natural sequel to the study of nonviscous fluid flows pre­ sented in our recent book entitled ""Theory...  Read More >>

A n- ber of challenging control problems on the forefront of today’s research in robotics and automation are covered,...  Read More >>

'Therefore, vibrations of the objects including, for ex­ ample,...  Read More >>

A good microstructural model must describe the pores and other phases at ascale appropriate to the properties that...  Read More >>

Experiments with rubber balloons and rubber sheets have led to surprising observations, some of them hitherto unknown...  Read More >>