Engineering: Mechanics of solids Books

This book is a collection of articles by eminent scientists from different countries who participated in the traditional international conference “Topical Problems of Continuum Mechanics” held at the Institute of Mechanics of the National...

Measure Theory and Lp Spaces.- Measures.- Lp Spaces.- The Direct Method and Lower Semicontinuity.- The Direct Method and Lower Semicontinuity.- ConvexAnalysis.- Functionals Defined on Lp.- Integrands f = f (z).- Integrands f = f (x, z).- Integrands f = f...

Fatigue of structures and materials covers a wide scope of different topics. The purpose of the present book is to explain these topics, to indicate how they can be analyzed, and how this can contribute to the designing of...

Modern Solid Mechanics considers phenomena at many levels, ranging from nano size at atomic scale through the continuum level at millimeter size to large structures at the tens of meter scale. The deformation and fracture...

This book presents the peridynamic theory, which provides the capability for improved modeling of progressive failure in materials and structures, and paves the way for addressing multi-physics and multi-scale problems. The book provides students and...

Fundamental Principles.- Problems in Plane Stress.- Axisymmetric and Related Problems.- Plastic Bending of Plates.- Plastic Analysis of Shells.- Plastic Anisotropy.- Plastic Buckling.- Dynamic Plasticity.- The Finite Element Method.

Section A.- to the Neutron.- Neutron Sources and Facilities.- Neutron Optics.- Neutron Detectors for Imaging.- Section B.- Neutron Radiography.- Neutron Tomography.- Mathematics of Neutron Imaging.- Neutron Phase Imaging.- Thermal Neutron Holography.-...

Modeling.- Analytical Models.- Models from Identification.- Model Reduction.- Wind Disturbance Models.- Control.- Preliminaries to Control.- PI and Feedforward Controllers.- LQG Controller.- H ? Controller.- Single Loop Control.- Non-Linear Control.- RF...

Thermo-Mechanical Basics.- Constitutive Equations.- Shock Waves and Related Equations of State.- Hydrocodes.- Failure Models for Dynamic Loading Conditions.- Aspects of Advanced Dynamic Material Testing.

to Residual Stresses.- Elements of Measurement Using the Slitting Method.- Compliance Functions for Near-Surface Measurement: The Body Force Approach.- Compliance Functions for Through-Thickness Measurement: The LEFM Approach.- Compliance Functions for...

Background on Functional Analysis.- Preliminaries.- Function Spaces.- Variational Inequalities.- Elliptic Variational Inequalities.- Evolutionary Variational Inequalities with Viscosity.- Evolutionary Variational Inequalities.- Volterra-type Variational...

Topics in Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2013, the third volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and...

This book reviews the theoretical framework of nonlinear mechanics, covering computational methods, applications, parametric investigations of nonlinear phenomena and mechanical interpretation towards design. Builds skills via increasing levels of...

Generalized Sensitivity of Nonlinear Elastic Systems.- to Design Sensitivity Analysis.- Methods of Design Sensitivity Analysis.- Imperfection Sensitivity Analysis.- Optimization Methods for Stability Design.- Optimization Under Stability Constraints.-...

Dynamic Failure of Materials and Structures discusses the topic of dynamic loadings and their effect on material and structural failure. Since dynamic loading problems are very difficult as compared to their static counterpart, very little information is...

This book is one of the two textbooks that support an integrated course offering for Statics and Mechanics of Materials.  Hopefully the integration of the topics of these two closely related courses will make the learning experience for the students...

On Land-Drainage, Subsoil-Ploughing And Irrigation is a book written by John French Burke in 1841. The book covers various methods of improving the quality of soil for agriculture, such as land drainage, subsoil ploughing, and irrigation. Burke explains...

This second, corrected and enlarged edition teaches macroscopic modeling for the design, processing, testing, and control of mechanical components in engineering, and also includes the damage of interfaces and statistical...

This book presents select proceedings of the 67th Congress of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM-2022). The content includes chapters on topics such as fluid mechanics, aerospace dynamics, atmospheric sciences and...

The present book gathers a large amount of the recent research results on this topic to provide a better understanding of the size effect by giving a quantitative description of the relationship between the properties of engineering concrete-making...

This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the...

This proceedings gather a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 8th International Conference on Fracture Fatigue and Wear (FFW 2020), held as a virtual conference on 26-27 August 2020. The contributions, prepared by international scientists...

In this book, the authors use molecular dynamics simulations to conduct a comprehensive study of the compression/superheating limit and phase transition of 2D (monolayer, bilayer, and trilayer) water/ice constrained in graphene nanocapillaries. When...

This book gathers selected papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Industrial Applications of Adhesives 2020 (IAA 2020). It covers a wide range of topics, including adhesive curing for electronic and automotive industries; adhesive...

This book discusses bulk solids that derive their mechanical properties not from those of their base materials, but from their designed microstructures. Focusing on the negative mechanical properties, it addresses topics that reveal the counter-intuitive...

This book focuses on mathematical theory and numerical simulation related to various areas of continuum mechanics, such as fracture mechanics, (visco)elasticity, optimal shape design, modelling of earthquakes and Tsunami waves, material structure,...

This book consists of selected and peer-reviewed papers presented at the 13th International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP 2017). The topics covered in this book include different structural vibration problems such as dynamics and stability...

This book comprises select proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Structural Technology (CoAST 2019). It brings together different applied and technological aspects of structural engineering. The main topics covered in this book include...

This book investigates the time-dependent behavior of fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) at elevated temperatures. The author combines the time-dependent damage mechanisms of interface and fiber oxidation and fracture with the...

This book presents recent material science-based and mechanical analysis-based advances in joining processes. It includes all related processes, e.g. friction stir welding, joining by plastic deformation, laser welding, clinch joining, and adhesive...

This book is tailored to the needs of structural engineers who are seeking to become familiar with the design of steel structures based on Eurocode 3. It explains each step of the design process using comprehensive flow charts, tables and equations as...

This book addresses anti-fatigue manufacturing, analysis and test verification technologies for typical aircraft structures, including fastening holes, shot peening plates, different types of joints and wing boxes. Offering concrete solutions to...

This book focuses on the mechanobiological principles in tissue engineering with a particular emphasis on the multiscale aspects of the translation of mechanical forces from bioreactors down to the cellular level. The book contributes to a better...

Written by respected experts, this book presents essential findings on the Wenchuan earthquake. It establishes a series of time-frequency analysis methods, and subsequently applies them to the layered site, slope, and earth-retaining wall. Further, it...

This book presents comprehensive experimental, numerical, and theoretical research on projectile impact analysis, such as the rigid projectile penetration/perforation of concrete and metallic targets, and shaped-charge-formed projectile and jet...

This book comprises selected proceedings of the Fourth International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE2018), focusing on emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of ocean engineering and offshore structures. It includes state-of-the-art...

The book presents homogeneous solutions in static and dynamical problems of anisotropic theory of elasticity, which are constructed for a hollow cylinder. It also offers an asymptotic process for finding frequencies of natural vibrations of a hollow...

This book is intended as a text for upper undergraduate and graduate courses on kinetics of metallurgical processes for students of materials science, metallurgical engineering, and chemical engineering. Focusing on basic and essential topics, selected...

These proceedings gather a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Fracture Fatigue and Wear (FFW 2018), held at Ghent University, Belgium on 9-10 July 2018.The contributions, prepared by international...

This book presents new research results in multidisciplinary fields of mathematical and numerical modelling in mechanics. The chapters treat the topics:mathematical modelling in solid, fluid and contact mechanicsnonconvex variational analysis with...

This book collects the theoretical derivation of a recently presented general variational macroscopic continuum theory of multiphase poroelasticity (VMTPM), together with its applications to consolidation and stress partitioning problems of interest in...

This book of recommendations presents an overview of High Frequency Mechanical Impact (HFMI) techniques existing today in the market and their proper procedures, quality assurance measures and documentation. Due to differences in HFMI tools and the wide...

This book presents essential methods of deformation compatibility control, and explicitly addresses the implied conditions on the methods' deformation compatibility. Consequently, these conditions can be considered...

This book focuses on robust characterization and prediction methods for materials in technical applications as well as the materials' safety features during operation. In particular, it presents methods for reliably predicting material properties, an...

This book introduces readers to modern computational mechanics based on the finite element method. It helps students succeed in mechanics courses by showing them how to apply the fundamental knowledge they gained in the first years of their engineering...