Engineering: Mechanics of solids

Since the benefit of stress-induced tetragonal to monoclinic phase transformation of confined tetragonal zirconia particles was first recognized in 1975, the phenomenon has been widely studied and exploited in the development of a new class of materials known as transformation toughened ceramics (TTC).

The formalism processing of unbuckled solids mechanics involves several mathematical tools which are to be mastered at the same time.

This second part of the work on creep modeling offers readers essential guidance on practical computational simulation and analysis.

Structural Impact discusses behaviour of structures and components subjected to large dynamic, impact and explosive loads which produce inelastic deformations.

Address physical principles and unified theories governing multiphase flows, with methods, applications, and problems.

Approximation Methods in Engineering and Science covers fundamental and advanced topics in three areas: Dimensional Analysis, Continued Fractions, and Stability Analysis of the Mathieu Differential Equation.

This book gives advanced undergraduate and graduate students a clear understanding of the development of continuum mechanics, with special emphasis on thermodymamics.

This book introduces a stability and control methodology named AeroMech, capable of sizing the primary control effectors of fixed wing subsonic to hypersonic designs of conventional and unconventional configuration layout.

This book overcomes the separation existing in literature between the static and the dynamic bifurcation worlds.

This monograph describes various methods for solving deformation problems of particulate solids, taking the reader from analytical to computational methods.

Complexity and dynamic order of controlled engineering systems is constantly increasing.

Intended for graduate students in mechanical, civil, or structural engineering, or in applied mechanics, this text covers advanced topics in plasticity that have thus far been accessible only in review articles widely scattered through the literature.

Covering theory and practical industry usage of the finite element method, this highly-illustrated step-by-step approach thoroughly introduces methods using ANSYS.

Nonlinear Dynamics of Complex Systems describes chaos, fractal and stochasticities within celestial mechanics, financial systems and biochemical systems.

tion of fields as a product of coordinate-dependent and time-dependent factors.

This volume explains the dramatic effect of cross-correlations in forming the structural response of aircraft in turbulent excitation, ships in rough seas, cars on irregular roads, and other dynamic regimes.

Parametric Resonance in Dynamical Systems discusses the phenomenon of parametric resonance and its occurrence in mechanical systems, vehicles, motorcycles, aircraft and marine craft, along micro-electro-mechanical systems.

This book constitutes the Proceedings of the Second International Conference of IFToMM ITALY, held in Cassino, Italy, in 2018.

Wavelet methods have become a widely spread tool in signal and image process- ing tasks.

This book describes the approach to engineering solutions through simplified modeling of important physical features and approximating their behavior.

This book offers detailed treatment of the fundamental concepts of tribology and its related applications.

This book presents the ideas of structural theory rather than a review of calculation techniques.

Separation of the elements of classical mechanics into kinematics and dynamics is an uncommon tutorial approach, but the author uses it to advantage in this two-volume set.

Digital fabrication has been termed the "e;third industrial revolution"e;, and is promising to revolutionize many disciplines, including most recently the construction sector.

The need for a general collection of electroacoustical reference and design data in graphical form has been felt by acousticians and engineers for some time.

An introduction to the electrical and transport properties of graphene and other two-dimensional nanomaterials.

This book presents a range of fundamentally new approaches to solving problems involving traditional molecular models.

This book presents the work of the RILEM Technical Committee 259-ISR.

This book is the fourth volume in the series devoted to gear engineering and computer-aided design, production, testing and education.

The development of NDT (non-destructive testing) techniques used for the inspection of concrete structures is currently in high demand, because many existing structures have become aged and deteriorated in service.

In this book the authors show that it is possible to construct efficient computationally oriented models of multi-parameter complex systems by using asymptotic methods, which can, owing to their simplicity, be directly used for controlling processes arising in connection with composite material systems.

This Handbook contains a set of articles introducing the modeling and simulation of materials from the standpoint of basic methods and studies.

This book deals with ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) inspections where high frequency waves are used to locate and characterize dangerous flaws (such as cracks) in materials.

Computational Methods in Elasticity and Plasticity: Solids and Porous Media presents the latest developments in the area of elastic and elasto-plastic finite element modeling of solids, porous media and pressure-dependent materials and structures.

In this book I present, in a systematic form, some local theorems on existence, uniqueness, and analytic dependence on the load, which I have recently obtained for some types of boundary value problems of finite elasticity.

Following the recent developments in the field of absolute stability, Prof.

This graduate textbook describes atomic-level kinetics of thermal energy storage, transport, and transformation by principal energy carriers.

This book examines the underlying mechanics of creating a fracture from vertical or deviated wellbores and the propagation of a hydraulic fracture in the reservoir.

This book is designed to provide lecture notes (theory) and experimental design of major concepts typically taught in most Mechanics of Materials courses in a sophomore- or junior-level Mechanical or Civil Engineering curriculum.

This book includes a collection of state-of-the-art contributions addressing both theoretical developments in, and successful applications of, seismic structural health monitoring (S2HM).

This 2007 book concerns the vibration and the stability of slender structural components.

The perfect introduction to the theory and computer programming for the dynamic simulation of nonlinear solid mechanics.

This book presents interdisciplinary, cutting-edge and creative applications of graph theory and modeling in science, technology, architecture and art.

This the fifth volume of five from the 28th IMAC on Structural Dynamics and Renewable Energy, 2010, brings together 19 chapters on the Dynamics of Bridges.

In recent years meshless/meshfree methods have gained a considerable attention in engineering and applied mathematics.

Wave Propagation and Scattering in Random Media, Volume 2, presents the fundamental formulations of wave propagation and scattering in random media in a unified and systematic manner.

Covers both holonomic and non-holonomic constraints in a study of the mechanics of the constrained rigid body.

Composite materials, with their higher exposure to dynamic loads, have increasingly been used in aerospace, naval, automotive, sports and other sectors over the last few decades.

This book commemorates the 75th birthday of Prof.