Classical mechanics

This book is focused on the introduction of the finite difference method based on the classical one-dimensional structural members, i.

This book presents a snapshot of the state-of-art in the field of turbulence modeling, with an emphasis on numerical methods.

This book serves as a core text for university curricula in solid body mechanics and, at the same time, examines the main achievements of state of the art research in the mechanics of elastic and non-elastic materials.

This book is intended to engage the students in the elegance of electrodynamics and special relativity, whilst giving them the tools to begin graduate study.

This book describes the recently-discovered artificially curved light beam known as the photonic hook.

Available for the first time in English, this two-volume course on theoretical and applied mechanics has been honed over decades by leading scientists and teachers, and is a primary teaching resource for engineering and maths students at St.

Available for the first time in English, this two-volume course on theoretical and applied mechanics has been honed over decades by leading scientists and teachers, and is a primary teaching resource for engineering and maths students at St.

This book examines the human auditory effects of exposure to directed beams of high-power microwave pulses, which research results have shown can cause a cascade of health events when aimed at a human subject or the subject's head.

This textbook provides a concise, clear, and rigorous presentation of the dynamics of linear systems that delivers the necessary tools for the analysis and design of mechanical/ structural systems, regardless of their complexity.

This book provides an introduction to geometrically non-linear single crystal plasticity with continuously distributed dislocations.

This book gives a comprehensive account of the formulation and computational treatment of basic geometrically linear models in 1D.

This book provides an elementary introduction to one-dimensional fluid flow problems involving shock waves in air.

This volume presents lectures given at the Wisla 19 Summer School: Differential Geometry, Differential Equations, and Mathematical Physics, which took place from August 19 - 29th, 2019 in Wisla, Poland, and was organized by the Baltic Institute of Mathematics.

This book offers detailed insights into new methods for high-fidelity CFD, and their industrially relevant applications in aeronautics.

This book results from the XVIII Spanish-French School 'Jacques Louis Lions' on Numerical Simulation in Physics and Engineering, that took place in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from 25th to 29th June 2018.

This new edition of this standard work adds several new information the book, so that sound engineering and architects can better assess the acoustic value of a Rock and Pop Venue.

In this book the real analytic solutions for the "e;Disc with Circular Inclusion"e; under normal- and shear force at plane-strain state (EVZ) are presented.

Gravitational physics has now become a mainstream topic in physics and physics teaching.

This book introduces the concept of unsteady aerodynamics and its underlying principles.

This self-contained, interdisciplinary book encompasses mathematics, physics, computer programming, analytical solutions and numerical modelling, industrial computational fluid dynamics (CFD), academic benchmark problems and engineering applications in conjunction with the research field of anisotropic turbulence.

This book delves into finite mathematics and its application in physics, particularly quantum theory.

Random fields are a necessity when formulating stochastic continuum theories.

This third edition builds on the introduction of spectral analysis as a means of investigating wave propagation and transient oscillations in structures.

The field of elliptic functions, apart from its own mathematical beauty, has many applications in physics in a variety of topics, such as string theory or integrable systems.

This book uses a novel concept to teach the finite element method, applying it to solid mechanics.

Rational extended thermodynamics (RET) is the theory that is applicable to nonequilibrium phenomena out of local equilibrium.

This book focuses on the need for an Eulerian formulation of constitutive equations.

This text describes the mathematical formulation and proof of the unified mechanics theory (UMT) which is based on the unification of Newton's laws and the laws of thermodynamics.

Cosmology and astroparticle physics have seen an avalanche of discoveries in the past decade (IceCube - high energy neutrinos, LIGO - gravitational waves, Fermi- gamma-ray telescope, Xenon-1T - dark matter detection, PLANCK- cosmic microwave radiation, EHT picture of black hole, SDSS -galaxy surveys), all of which require a multidisciplinary background for analyzing the phenomena.

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 provides an in-depth account of the fascinating but far from simple actions and processes that take place when a brass instrument is played.

This book presents Special Relativity in a language accessible to students while avoiding the burdens of geometry, tensor calculus, space-time symmetries, and the introduction of four vectors.

This book is based on the author's lecture notes for his Introductory Newtonian Mechanics course at the Hellenic Naval Academy.

The 1846 discovery of Neptune is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of science and astronomy.

This book contains selected and expanded contributions presented at the 15th Conference on Acoustics and Vibration of Mechanical Structures held in Timisoara, Romania, May 30-31, 2019.

This book reviews the mathematical modeling and experimental study of systems involving two or more different length scales.

This book reviews various modified gravity models, including those with modifications in the pure gravitational sector; those involving extra fields, that is, scalar-tensor and vector-tensor gravity theories; gravity models with Lorentz symmetry breaking; and nonlocal gravity models.

Now in an updated second edition, this classroom-tested textbook describes essential concepts in vibration analysis of mechanical systems.

This is the first monograph dedicated entirely to problems of stability and chaotic behaviour in planetary systems and its subsystems.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of statistical descriptions of turbulent flows.

This contributed volume explores the renaissance of general relativity after World War II, when it transformed from a marginal theory into a cornerstone of modern physics.

This textbook presents the fundamentals of audio coding, used to compress audio and music signals, using Python programs both as examples to illustrate the principles and for experiments for the reader.

Auralization is the technique of creation and reproduction of sound on the basis of computer data.

This book presents a multidisciplinary guide to gauge theory and gravity, with chapters by the world's leading theoretical physicists, mathematicians, historians and philosophers of science.

This book aims to integrate, in a pedagogical and technical manner, with detailed derivations, all essential principles of fundamental theoretical physics as developed over the past 100 years.

This book presents a selection of cutting-edge methods that allow readers to obtain novel models for nonlinear solid mechanics.

This book features selected manuscripts presented at ICoNSoM 2019, exploring cutting-edge methods for developing novel models in nonlinear solid mechanics.

The focus of this thesis are synchronization phenomena in networks and their intrinsic control through time delay, which is ubiquitous in real-world systems ranging from physics and acoustics to neuroscience and engineering.

Starting out from humankind's earliest ideas about the cosmos, this book gives the reader a clear overview of our current understanding of the universe, including big bang theories and the formation of stars and galaxies, as well as addressing open questions.

This contributed volume provides an up-to-date overview of the mechanics of granular materials, ranging from sparse media to soils.