Engineering: Mechanics of solids

A self-contained introduction to algebraic control for nonlinear systems suitable for researchers and graduate students.

Dissipative Systems Analysis and Control (second edition) presents a fully revised and expanded treatment of dissipative systems theory, constituting a self-contained, advanced introduction for graduate students, researchers and practising engineers.

This book is the result of 40 years of the combined authors' experience in mechanical and fluid dynamics engineering.

Discrete-event dynamic systems (DEDs) permeate our world, being of great importance in modern manufacturing processes, transportation and various forms of computer and communications networking.

This book is an ambitious attempt to bridge the infamous gap between theory and practice in control.

Machining dynamics are vital to the performance of machine tools and machining processes in manufacturing.

Wave propagation is an exciting ?

Flexible mechanical systems experience undesirable vibration in response to environmental and operational forces.

The approach to plasticity theory developed here is firmly rooted in thermodynamics.

Variational and boundary integral equation techniques are two of the most useful methods for solving time-dependent problems described by systems of equations of the form 2 ?

Computational Mechanics of Composite Materials lays stress on the advantages of combining theoretical advancements in applied mathematics and mechanics with the probabilistic approach to experimental data in meeting the practical needs of engineers.

This book is the tenth of 15 related monographs, discusses product-cubic nonlinear systems with two crossing-linear and self-quadratic products vector fields and the dynamic behaviors and singularity are presented through the first integral manifolds.

This textbook presents a compilation of class-tested materials and the results of research on a range of topics in into one comprehensive volume for readers engaged in the materials science and engineering aspects of phase transformation in metals.

This textbook provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to Nonlinear Elasticity aimed at undergraduate students in a compact text.

This book highlights the presentation of methods for studying oscillations under external periodic influence and random changes in parameters in dynamic systems with nonlinearities that have discontinuities and kinks.

This book is designed to facilitate teaching and informal discussion in a supportive and friendly environment.

This textbook presents a concise and comprehensive treatment of the theory of elasticity.

This textbook presents a concise and comprehensive treatment of the theory of elasticity.

This book follows: Ground Anchors: Tension Force Vibratory Analysis JJ Rincent Springer Sept 2024.

This book provides a simple and unified approach to the mechanics of discontinuous-fibre reinforced composites, and introduces readers as generally as possible to the key concepts regarding the mechanics of elastic stress transfer, intermediate modes of stress transfer, plastic stress transfer, fibre pull-out, fibre fragmentation and matrix rupture.

This highlights ongoing research efforts on different aspectsof polymer nanocomposites and explores their potentials to exhibitmulti-functional properties.

Although they may look like simple components, the motorbike fork plays a critical role in the overall dynamic behaviour of motorcycles.

Mathematical models of deformation of elastic plates are used by applied mathematicians and engineers in connection with a wide range of practical applications, from microchip production to the construction of skyscrapers and aircraft.

The book comprises a rigorous and self-contained treatment of initial-value problems for ordinary differential equations.

Providing a comprehensive and invaluable overview of the basics of crystallographic textures and their industrial applications, this book covers a broad range of both structural and functional materials.

Modeling of Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Processes with Applications in Metal Forming and Resistance Welding provides readers with a basic understanding of the fundamental ingredients in plasticity, heat transfer and electricity that are necessary to develop and proper utilize computer programs based on the finite element flow formulation.

Since the 1970's, an increasing amount of specialized research has focused on the problems created by instability of internal flow in hydroelectric power plants.

By drawing together the current theoretical and experimental understanding of the phenomena of delayed hydride cracking (DHC) in zirconium alloys, The Effect of Hydrogen and Hydrides on the Integrity of Zirconium Alloy Components: Delayed Hydride Cracking provides a detailed explanation focusing on the properties of hydrogen and hydrides in these alloys.

Texture accounts for an important part of the realism of simulated experiences, and it is most certainly true during tactile interaction.

Safety in industrial process and production plants is a concern of rising importance but because the control devices which are now exploited to improve the performance of industrial processes include both sophisticated digital system design techniques and complex hardware, there is a higher probability of failure.

Real-time model predictive controller (MPC) implementation in active vibration control (AVC) is often rendered difficult by fast sampling speeds and extensive actuator-deformation asymmetry.

The purpose of this book is to present a self-contained and coordinated de- scription of several design methods for nonlinear control systems, with special emphasis on the problem of achieving stability, globally or on arbitrarily large domains, in the presence of model uncertainties.

Laminated Composite Plates and Shells presents a systematic and comprehensive coverage of the three-dimensional modelling of these structures.

This book presents a novel theory of multibody dynamics with distinct features, including unified continuum theory, multiscale modeling technology of multibody system, and motion formalism implementation.

This book, the third of 15 related monographs, presents systematically a theory of self-independent cubic nonlinear systems.

This book covers the latest ideas and approaches in strongly nonlinear dynamical and acoustical systems and discusses appropriate modelling tools and practical examples highlighting the non-standard and non-stationary aspects of this challenging, yet so promising area.

This book treats the micromechanics of laminae, i.

This book includes three big subjects such as elasticity, fracture, and fatigue.

This updated second edition brings the complex mathematics of three-dimensional dynamics to life with real-time simulations, making the equations easier to grasp.

This book is designed to facilitate teaching and informal discussion in a supportive and friendly environment.

This updated second edition brings the complex mathematics of three-dimensional dynamics to life with real-time simulations, making the equations easier to grasp.

This book entitled Mechanics of Elastic Solids is written as a textbook of the course "e;Elasticity"e; or "e;Theory of Elasticity"e; or "e;Elasticity Mechanics"e; for relevant engineering majors.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to recent advances in frequency domain nonlinear vibration features utilized for fault diagnosis in complex structures in the field of mechanical, civil, aeronautical and aerospace engineering.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to recent advances in frequency domain nonlinear vibration features utilized for fault diagnosis in complex structures in the field of mechanical, civil, aeronautical and aerospace engineering.

The focus from most Virtual Reality (VR) systems lies mainly on the visual immersion of the user.

Structural health monitoring (SHM) has emerged as a prominent research area in recent years owing to increasing concerns about structural safety, and the need to monitor and extend the lives of existing structures.

Humans have always been fascinated with the concept of artificial life and the construction of machines that look and behave like people.

This book deals with a novel and practical advanced method for control of tandem cold metal rolling processes based on the emerging state-dependent Riccati equation technique.

This book details the analysis of continuous- and discrete-time dynamical systems described by differential and difference equations respectively.