Engineering: Mechanics of solids

This book provides selected papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Mechanics of Solids, held in Porto, Portugal, November 3-4, 2022.

This book contains the most recent results in the area of strongly inhomogeneous composite structures, including layered materials as well as continua with microstructure.

Body Tensor Fields in Continuum Mechanics: With Applications to Polymer Rheology aims to define body tensor fields and to show how they can be used to advantage in continuum mechanics, which has hitherto been treated with space tensor fields.

Local approaches to fatigue assessment are used to predict the structural durability of welded joints, to optimise their design and to evaluate unforeseen joint failures.

This book explains in detail the generalized Fourier series technique for the approximate solution of a mathematical model governed by a linear elliptic partial differential equation or system with constant coefficients.

This pocket guide serves as a supplementary learning resource to help students deconstruct challenging problems in the topic of rheology commonly encountered in engineering examinations, as well as those in related courses such as in the STEM disciplines.

This extended and revised second edition is intended for engineering students and researchers working with finite element methods in structural and mechanical analysis.

Our world is composed of systems within systems-the machines we build, the information we share, the organizations we form, and elements of nature that surround us.

Lead-free solders are used extensively as interconnection materials in electronic assemblies and play a critical role in the global semiconductor packaging and electronics manufacturing industry.

This book is mainly based on the results of the EU-funded UE-FP7 Project EnCoRe, which aimed to characterize the key physical and mechanical properties of a novel class of advanced cement-based materials incorporating recycled powders and aggregates and/or natural ingredients in order to allow partial or even total replacement of conventional constituents.

This volume contains the proceedings of the RAAD 2018 conference, covering major areas of research and development in robotics.

Rotating Machinery, Hybrid Test Methods, Vibro-Acoustics & Laser Vibrometry, Volume 8.

Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications focuses on nonlinear phenomena that are common in the engineering field.

This book covers a variety of topics in mechanics, with a special emphasis on material mechanics.

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 is a compilation of selected papers from the 2014 New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture (NT2F14) Conference, which was held in Belgrade, Serbia.

This book provides a basis for the design and analysis of welded components that are subjected to fluctuating forces, to avoid failure by fatigue.

This volume provides a snapshot of the current and future trends in turbulence research across a range of disciplines.

Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the second volume of ten from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

The theory of dynamic equations has many interesting applications in control theory, mathematical economics, mathematical biology, engineering and technology.

Systems are everywhere and we are surrounded by them.

This book on the dynamics of rail vehicles is developed from the manuscripts for a class with the same name at TU Berlin.

This book treats the derivation and implementation of a unified particle finite element formulation for the solution of fluid and solid mechanics, Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) and coupled thermal problems.

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

This volume on structural fire resistance is for aerospace, structural, and fire prevention engineers; architects, and educators.

This book presents fractography and failure analysis at a level that is accessible for non-expert readers, without losing scientific rigor.

The book conveys modern techniques and the latest state-of-the-art with regard to the most fundamental aspects of computational contact mechanics.

This volume shines a new light on short fibre reinfoced cementitious composites and particle reinforced ceramics.

This book offers an in-depth insight into the general-purpose finite element program MSC Marc, which is distributed by MSC Software Corporation.

This textbook introduces theoretical piezoelectricity.

This revised, updated textbook adds new focus on computational methods and the importance of vibration theory in computer-aided engineering to fundamental aspects of vibration of discrete and continuous systems covered in the previous two editions of Vibration of Discrete and Continuous Systems.

This book provides an extensive introduction to the mechanics of anti-sandwiches: non-classical composites with multiple homogeneous layers but widely differing parameters concerning their geometry and materials.

This book provides readers with the fundamental, analytical, and quantitative knowledge of machining process planning and optimization based on advanced and practical understanding of machinery, mechanics, accuracy, dynamics, monitoring techniques, and control strategies that they need to understanding machining and machine tools.

This book discusses the realization and control problems of finite-dimensional dynamical systems which contain linear and nonlinear systems.

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

These proceedings of the EPS 2018: 5th International Conference on Geofoam Blocks in Construction Applications, held in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus on May 9 to 11, 2018, present a collection of contributions on the state-of-the-art of research and applications relating to geofoam.

This book explores the key idea that the dynamical properties of complex systems can be determined by effectively calculating specific structural features using network science-based analysis.

This book treats dynamic stability of structures under nonconservative forces.

This book is based on results obtained over a decade of study and research.

This book offers professionals working at power plants guidelines and best practices for vibration problems, in order to help them identify the respective problem, grasp it, and successfully solve it.

The book focuses especially on the application of SHM technology to thin walled structural systems made from carbon fiber reinforced plastics.

This book gathers contributions presented at the 9th Workshop on Cyclostationary Systems and Their Applications, held in Grodek nad Dunajcem, Poland in February 2016.

Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2:  Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the second volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Volume 4:  Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the fourth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book discusses emerging topics in the area of nonsmooth dynamics research, such as numerical methods for nonsmooth systems, impact laws for multi-collisions, nonlinear vibrations and control of nonsmooth systems.

Structural Health Monitoring & Damage Detection, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the seventh volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book offers selected contributions to fundamental research and application in designing and engineering materials.

The book helps to answer the following questions: How far have the understanding and mesoscale modeling advanced in recent decades, what are the key open questions that require further research and what are the mathematical and physical requirements for a mesoscale model intended to provide either insight or a predictive engineering tool?

This book focuses on the analysis and design of advanced techniques for on-line automatic computational monitoring of pipelines and pipe networks.