Classical mechanics

This book addresses research challenges in the rapidly developing area of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and fluctuation kinetics.

The book introduces advanced theories for deformation, damage, and failure in materials.

This book provides the intermittency equation that is derived a priori.

This book systematically summarizes the accuracy, precision, and repeatability levels of field-based tests applied in soccer.

This book provides an introduction to classical celestial mechanics.

This book is devoted to the 60th birthday of the Prof.

This book considers the kinematics and dynamics of the flows of fluids exhibiting a yield stress.

Cranes are enigmatic birds.

Einstein's field equations of gravitation are a core element of his general theory of relativity.

This book features an extensive index and all Mathcad worksheets.

This book highlights an analytical solution for the dynamics of axially rotating objects.

Cosmic Origins tells the story of how physicists and astronomers have struggled for more than a century to understand the beginnings of our universe, from its origins in the Big Bang to the modern day.

The book presents theoretical and experimental studies of ice fracturing process during impact and explosion load.

This book is a collection of contributions presented at the 16th Conference on Acoustic and Vibration of Mechanical Structure held in Timisoara, Romania, May 28, 2021.

This monograph provides a complete and up-to-date examination of rigid body dynamics using a Lagrangian approach.

Biotremology is a new and emerging discipline in biological sciences that covers all aspects of behavior associated with substrate-borne mechanical waves.

This book offers a comprehensive and complete description of a new scheme to stabilize the power of a laser on a level needed for high precision metrology experiments.

This book presents a journey into how language is put together for speaking and understanding and how it can come apart when there is injury to the brain.

The aim of this textbook is to present in a comprehensive way several advanced topics of general relativity, including gravitational waves, tests of general relativity, time delay, spinors in curved spacetime, Hawking radiation, and geodetic precession to mention a few.

This book features a comprehensive review of experimental gravitation.

The goal of this monograph is to develop a mathematical theory of open fluid systems in the framework of continuum thermodynamics.

This book provides an introduction to the micromechanics of fiber-reinforced laminae, which deals with the prediction of the macroscopic mechanical lamina properties based on the mechanical properties of the constituents, i.

The book is based on the author's PhD thesis, which deals with the concept of time in quantum gravity and its relevance for the physics of the early Universe.

This book explains the numerical method for fatigue life analysis of adhesive joints using the CZM technique.

This book offers an introduction to statistical mechanics, special relativity, and quantum physics.

This textbook explores the working principles of all kinds of turbomachines.

This book provides an in-depth and accessible description of special relativity and quantum mechanics which together form the foundation of 21st century physics.

This book serves as a textbook for senior undergraduate students who are learning the subject of general relativity and gravitational waves for the first time.

This textbook is designed to serve as a link between the basic disciplines of physics and the frontier topics within high energy astrophysics, aiming at a level of difficulty congruent with that of other physics topics studied at undergraduate level.

This textbook introduces the special theory of relativity at a level which is accessible to undergraduate students and even high school students with a strong foundation in algebra.

This revised, updated edition provides a comprehensive and rigorous description of the application of Hamilton's principle to continuous media.

One wants to preserve history.

This book is a study of the workings of dynamic loudspeakers and dynamically forced vibration.

Absolute concepts of time and energy are integral to standard thermal physics, but background independent systems are devoid of them.

The book contains 12 chapters written by well-known shock wave researchers from seven different countries.

The present book contextualizes Du Chatelet's contribution to the philosophy of her time.

This monograph details spatial and material vistas on non-linear continuum mechanics in a dissipation-consistent approach.

This volume provides a timely survey of interactions between the calculus of variations and theoretical and applied mechanics.

This book explains the nature of sound both as a physical phenomenon and as a sensation, how it travels through air and water, and how the hearing system evolved to convert these vibrations into sensations.

This textbook provides details of the derivation of Lagrange's planetary equations and of the closely related Gauss's variational equations, thereby covering a sorely needed topic in existing literature.

This book deals with an original contribution to the hypothetical missing link unifying the two fundamental branches of physics born in the twentieth century, General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.

This book is intended as a study aid for the finite element method.

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, many experimental and theoretical works have been devoted to collisions between highly charged ions and atomic and molecular targets.

This book is for experienced luthiers and guitar designers in the industry, novice builders wishing to improve their designs, and guitar owners interested in knowing more about their instruments.

The novel finite element formulations fall into the category of geometrically exact Kirchhoff-Love beams.

This textbook provides a guide to the fundamental principles of acoustics in a straightforward manner using a solid foundation in mathematics and physics.

This book deals with the simulation of the mechanical behavior of engineering structures, mechanisms and components.

The investigation of the role of mechanical and mechano-chemical interactions in cellular processes and tissue development is a rapidly growing research field in the life sciences and in biomedical engineering.

This book provides a concise and up-to-date overview of environmental noise control issues, utilizing specific case studies from India to help explore noise mapping and monitoring, impact analysis, and policy, among other relevant topics.

This book focusses on structural bonding, including many facets, like fundamental aspects of adhesion, science and technology of surfaces, adhesive materials, mechanical properties of bonded joints, innovative designs and applications, testing and standardization, industrial aspects, quality procedures, environmental and ecological aspects.