Engineering: Mechanics of solids

Besides turbulence there is hardly any other scientific topic which has been considered as a prominent scientific challenge for such a long time.

Besides turbulence, there is hardly any other scientific topic which has been considered a prominent scientific challenge for such a long time.

This book provides a comprehensive and practical introduction to the Boundary Element Method (BEM) as applied to the analysis of plates, shells, and thin-walled structures in solid mechanics.

This book provides a comprehensive and practical introduction to the Boundary Element Method (BEM) as applied to the analysis of plates, shells, and thin-walled structures in solid mechanics.

There is a large gap between the engineering course in tensor algebra on the one hand and the treatment of linear transformations within classical linear algebra on the other hand.

This text is a guide how to solve problems in which viscoelasticity is present using existing commercial computational codes.

Injury is a leading cause of death, hospitalisation and disability world-wide.

This second edition is completed by a number of additional examples and exercises.

This book on wire ropes is dedicated mainly to all users of wire ropes - the construction engineers, operators and supervisors of machines and instal- tions running on wire ropes - and it is divided into three main sections.

The book adopts a multiscale theoretical framework to systematically address localized deformation in plastic geomaterials.

The book adopts a multiscale theoretical framework to systematically address localized deformation in plastic geomaterials.

"e;Complex Systems: Fractionality, Time-delay and Synchronization"e; covers the most recent developments and advances in the theory and application of complex systems in these areas.

The book presents a synopsis of the main results achieved during the 3 year EU-project "e;Advanced Inflight Measurement Techniques (AIM)"e; which applied advanced image based measurement techniques to industrial flight testing.

Elastomers are found in many applications ranging from technology to daily life applications for example in tires, drive systems, sealings and print rollers.

Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and the finite element method (FEM) are both powerful computing tools, which are extensively used for modeling and optimizing manufacturing processes.

This book deals with kinematics and statics of rigid-body systems, lumped elasticity, variational principles, dynamics, stability and bifurcation, piece-wise linear (rigid-plastic or elasto-plastic) constitutive behavior, and geometrically nonlinear behavior.

This book deals with kinematics and statics of rigid-body systems, lumped elasticity, variational principles, dynamics, stability and bifurcation, piece-wise linear (rigid-plastic or elasto-plastic) constitutive behavior, and geometrically nonlinear behavior.

Large Floating Solutions builds on the foundations laid in Large Floating Structures: Technological Advances, extending the analysis to the next generation of Very Large Floating Structures (VLFS) as integrated, climate-adaptive urban systems.

Large Floating Solutions builds on the foundations laid in Large Floating Structures: Technological Advances, extending the analysis to the next generation of Very Large Floating Structures (VLFS) as integrated, climate-adaptive urban systems.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 8th International Conference Mechanics of Masonry Structures Strengthened with Composite Materials (MuRiCo8), which was held in Bologna, Italy on June 25–27, 2025, and brought together scholars in the fields of modeling, testing, design, control, and health monitoring of masonry structures strengthened with composite materials.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 8th International Conference Mechanics of Masonry Structures Strengthened with Composite Materials (MuRiCo8), which was held in Bologna, Italy on June 25–27, 2025, and brought together scholars in the fields of modeling, testing, design, control, and health monitoring of masonry structures strengthened with composite materials.

Dynamic Behavior of Materials and Fracture, Fatigue, Failure & Damage Evolution, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2024 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of three from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Dynamic Behavior of Materials and Fracture, Fatigue, Failure & Damage Evolution, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2024 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of three from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book is a new edition of an established textbook.

This book introduces new chapters that delve into the structure of electromagnetic and elastic fields in anisotropic media, the detailed solutions of the conductivity and elasticity problems for spherical radially transverse isotropic inclusions, the analysis of the neutral inclusion problem in static conductivity and elasticity, and the homogenization problem for polycrystalline materials.

This book introduces new chapters that delve into the structure of electromagnetic and elastic fields in anisotropic media, the detailed solutions of the conductivity and elasticity problems for spherical radially transverse isotropic inclusions, the analysis of the neutral inclusion problem in static conductivity and elasticity, and the homogenization problem for polycrystalline materials.

This book is a new edition of an established textbook.

This book presents a unified computational approach to postbuckling stability analysis of structures using the Total Potential Energy (TPE) framework.

This book provides a fresh approach to learning how solid bodies respond to loads, emphasizing clear derivations of the basic concepts from first principles.

This book provides a fresh approach to learning how solid bodies respond to loads, emphasizing clear derivations of the basic concepts from first principles.

This book presents a unified computational approach to postbuckling stability analysis of structures using the Total Potential Energy (TPE) framework.

This book, the 15th of 15 related monographs on Cubic Dynamic Systems, discusses crossing and product cubic systems with a crossing-linear and self-quadratic product vector field.

This book, the 15th of 15 related monographs on Cubic Dynamic Systems, discusses crossing and product cubic systems with a crossing-linear and self-quadratic product vector field.

This book examines infinite-equilibriums for the switching bifurcations of two 1-dimensional flows in dynamical systems.

This book presents the fundamental concepts of modeling and analysis of vibrations in mechanical systems with one or more degrees of freedom.

This book presents the fundamental concepts of modeling and analysis of vibrations in mechanical systems with one or more degrees of freedom.

This book examines infinite-equilibriums for the switching bifurcations of two 1-dimensional flows in dynamical systems.

This book explores the crucial role of inverse problems across various fields of applied science and technology.

This book explores the crucial role of inverse problems across various fields of applied science and technology.

This book presents the work of the RILEM TC 258-AAA WP3, and serves as a comprehensive review of the role of alkalis in concrete in relation with the alkali-silica reaction.

This book presents the work of the RILEM TC 258-AAA WP3, and serves as a comprehensive review of the role of alkalis in concrete in relation with the alkali-silica reaction.

This book focuses on original theories and approaches in the field of mechanics.

This book presents various types of aperiodic resonances in the form of a complete theoretical framework for the first time.

This book presents various types of aperiodic resonances in the form of a complete theoretical framework for the first time.

This book focuses on original theories and approaches in the field of mechanics.

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

This book is a collection of articles by eminent scientists from different countries who participated in the traditional international conference “Topical Problems of Continuum Mechanics” held at the Institute of Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia since 2007.