Classical mechanics

Modern fracture mechanics considers phenomena at many levels, macro and micro; it is therefore inextricably linked to methods of theoretical and mathematical physics.

It is weH known that the traditional failure criteria cannot adequately explain failures which occur at a nominal stress level considerably lower than the ultimate strength of the material.

Everyone involved with the mechanics of composite materials and structures must have come across the works of Dr.

This volume, the fourteenth in the Space Sciences Series of ISS/, is dedicated to the matter in the universe, which was the topic of a workshop organized by ISSI from 19 to 22 March 2001 in Bern.

It is a pleasure to be asked to write the foreword to this interesting new book.

The main aim of this paper is to present some new and general results, ap- plicable to the the equations of two phase flow, as formulated in geothermal reservoir engineering.

This volume contains eight contributions on the common theme of masonry construction.

Modern engineering materials subjected to unfavorable mechanical and environmental conditions decrease in strength due to the accumulation of microstructural changes.

In recent years, "e;intelligent (sm.

This book contains the lectures given in the International Course "e;Improving efficiency and reliability in water supply systems"e;, hosted and sponsored by the Menendez Pelayo International University (U.

Hydroinformatics systems are systems that combine computational hydraulic modelling with information systems (including knowledge-based systems).

The great number of varied approaches to hydrodynamic stability theory appear as a bulk of results whose classification and discussion are well-known in the literature.

HYDRODYNAMIC PROPULSION AND ITS OPTIMIZATION ANALYTIC THEORY Hydrodynamic propulsion has been of major interest ever since craft took to the water.

TUrbulence modeling encounters mixed evaluation concerning its impor- tance.

This monograph creates a systematic interpretation of the theoretical and the most actual experimental aspects of the internal wave dynamics in the ocean.

During the past decade many countries in the world have experienced droughts, with severe impacts on water urban supply systems.

Drag Reduction of Turbulent Flows by Additives is the first treatment of the subject in book form.

The workshop 'Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation-4' was held at the Uni- versity ofTwente, July 18-20, 2001.

Shell structures are widely used in the fields of civil, mechanical, architectural, aeronautical, and marine engineering.

This volume contains 44 papers presented at the Third Contact Mechanics International Symposium (CMIS 2001) held in Praia da Consola9ao, Peniche (portugal), June 17-21,2001.

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Bell's Theorem and its associated implications for the nature of the physical world remain topics of great interest.

This monograph is devoted to an entirely new branch of nonlinear physics - solitary intrinsic states, or autosolitons, which form in a broad class of physical, chemical and biological dissipative systems.

The goals of the Symposium were to draw together researchers in turbulence and combustion so as to highlight advances and challenge the boundaries to our understanding of turbulent mixing and combus- tion from both experimental and simulation perspectives; to facilitate cross-fertilization between leaders in these two fields.

The active field of multi-phase flow has undergone fundamental changes in the last decade.

This volume contains the Proceedings of the Fifth Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (Sociedad Espanola de Astronomfa, SEA).

The aim of this book is to investigate and explain the rapid advances in the characterization of high temperature crack growth behaviour which have been made in recent years, with reference to industrial applications.

This volume is based on the lectures given at the First Inter University Graduate School on Gravitation and Cosmology organized by IUCAA, Pune, in 1989.

This book focuses in particular on Geometrical Product Specification and Verification which is an integrated tolerancing view and metrology proposed for ISO/TC213.

I am very pleased and privileged to write a short foreword for the monograph of Dean Driebe: Fully Chaotic Maps and Broken Time Symmetry.

This volume contains papers presented at an international conference to celebrate Fred Hoyle's monumental contributions to astronomy, astrophysics and astrobiology and more generally to humanity and culture.

Both the beauty and interest of fractures and fracture networks are easy to grasp, since they are abundant in nature.

Within the last two decades fracture theory has been one of the most rapidly advancing fields of continuous media mechanics.

This book is dedicated to Pieter J.

It was long ago that group analysis of differential equations became a powerful tool for studying nonlinear equations and boundary value problems.

This is the fifth book of the Kluwer's series Advances in Robot Kine- matics.

The German Research Council (DFG) decided 1987 to establish a nationwide five year research project devoted to dynamics of multibody systems.

I want to thank R.

Designing new structural materials, extending lifetimes and guarding against fracture in service are among the preoccupations of engineers, and to deal with these they need to have command of the mechanics of material behaviour.

Magnetic Fields play a key role in the physics of star formation on all scales: from the formation of the large complexes of molecular clouds to the formation of solar-like planetary systems.

The papers in this proceeding are a collection of the works presented at the IUTAM symposium-Marrakech 2002 (October 20-25) which brought together scientists from various countries.

The IUTAM Symposium on Flow in Collapsible Tubes and Past Other Highly Compliant Boundaries was held on 26-30 March, 2001, at the University of Warwick.

An outstanding feature of this book is a collection of state-of-the-art reviews written by leading researchers in the nanomechanics of carbon nanotubes, nanocrystalline materials, biomechanics and polymer nanocomposites.

Two key words for mechanical engineering in the future are Micro and Intelligence.

It is evident, that for a number of ecological and technical problems in rivers and lakes a better knowledge of sediment transport and sedimentation is needed together with the ability to predict and simulate sediment behaviour.

Joints in components or structures incur a weight penalty, are a source of failure, cause manufacturing problems, and are unfortunately unavoidable in most structures ranging from aircraft, and spacecraft to ships and offshore platforms, to automobiles, bridges and buildings.

Dynamical systems theory is especially well-suited for determining the possible asymptotic states (at both early and late times) of cosmological models, particularly when the governing equations are a finite system of autonomous ordinary differential equations.