Engineering: Mechanics of solids

The history of mechanics, and more particularly, the history of mechanics applied to constructions, constitutes a field of research that is relatively recent.

This book presents a collection of articles reporting the current challenges in solid and fracture mechanics.

This volume gathers select proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Wave Mechanics and Vibrations (WMVC), held in Lisbon, Portugal, on July 4-6, 2022.

The tuned mass damper is one of the classic dynamic vibration absorbers with effective devices for energy dissipation and vibration reduction.

This book focuses on iterative solvers and preconditioners for mixed finite element methods.

This monograph examines the stability of various coupled systems with local Kelvin-Voigt damping.

This book offers a collection of original peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 9th International Congress on Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems (CMSM'2021), held on December 20-22, 2021, in Hammamet, Tunisia.

This book provides selected papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Industrial Applications of Adhesives 2022, held in Carvoeiro, Portugal, 3-4 March 2022.

This book is aimed to provide comprehensive and systematic knowledge of kinematic synthesis as developed up to date.

This textbook has been primarily written for undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students studying the mechanics of solids and structural systems.

This book collects a range of contributions on nonlinear dynamics and complexity, providing a systematic summary of recent developments, applications, and overall advances in nonlinearity, chaos, and complexity.

This textbook has been written for the engineering students.

This book reports on topics at the interface between mechanical and chemical engineering, emphasizing aspects related to design, simulation, and manufacturing.

This book is devoted to the 60th birthday of the Prof.

Data Science in Engineering, Volume 9:  Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2022, the nineth volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book is a compilation of scientific articles written by recognized researchers, and select students, participating in the Second Conference on the Study of Complex Systems and their Applications (EDIESCA 2021).

This book gathers contributions on analytical, numerical, and application aspects of time-delay systems, under the paradigm of control theory, and discusses recent advances in these different contexts, also highlighting the interdisciplinary connections.

This book considers the kinematics and dynamics of the flows of fluids exhibiting a yield stress.

This book acts as a guide to simple models that describe some of the complex fluid dynamics, heat/mass transfer and combustion processes in droplets and sprays.

This book is a collection of contributions presented at the 16th Conference on Acoustic and Vibration of Mechanical Structure held in Timisoara, Romania, May 28, 2021.

This monograph provides a complete and up-to-date examination of rigid body dynamics using a Lagrangian approach.

This book presents various questions of continuum mechanical modeling in the context of experimental and numerical methods, in particular, multi-field problems that go beyond the standard models of continuum mechanics.

The book covers a wide range of applied engineering research compactly presented in one volume, and shows innovative practical engineering solutions for automotive, marine and aviation industries, as well as power generation related to nonlinear vibrations excited by limited power sources.

This book focusses on all advanced methods of joining such as friction stir welding, joining by plastic deformation, laser welding, advanced mechanical joining, adhesive bonding and hybrid joining.

This textbook explains turbulent flows using an introductory but fundamental approach to teaching the core principles, striking a balance between theoretical and practical aspects of the topic without overwhelming the reader with mathematical detail.

This book presents a novel continuum finite deformation framework addressing the complex interactions among electrostatics, species transport, and mechanics in solid networks immersed in a fluid phase of solvent and ions.

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

This edited volume summarizes research being pursued within the DFG Priority Programme 1748: "e;Reliable Simulation Methods in Solid Mechanics.

This book offers a comprehensive and timely overview of the latest developments in the field of biomechanics and extensive knowledge of tissue structure, function, and modeling.

The book covers a wide range of applied research compactly presented in one volume, and shows innovative engineering solutions for automotive, marine and aviation industries, as well as power generation.

This monograph details spatial and material vistas on non-linear continuum mechanics in a dissipation-consistent approach.

The book presents in a clear, simple, straightforward, novel  and unified manner the most used methods of experimental mechanics of solids for the determination of displacements, strains and stresses.

This Festschrift is dedicated to Professor Dr.

This textbook provides a guide to the fundamental principles of acoustics in a straightforward manner using a solid foundation in mathematics and physics.

This book focusses on structural bonding, including many facets, like fundamental aspects of adhesion, science and technology of surfaces, adhesive materials, mechanical properties of bonded joints, innovative designs and applications, testing and standardization, industrial aspects, quality procedures, environmental and ecological aspects.

This textbook supports a range of core courses in undergraduate materials and mechanical engineering curricula given at leading universities globally.

This timely book introduces the subject of Fluid-Structure Interactions (FSI) to students and professionals.

This book reports on innovative materials research with a special emphasis on methods, modeling, and simulation tools for analyzing material behavior, emerging materials, and composites, and their applications in the field of manufacturing.

This text provides a complete and thorough derivation of the mathematical theory of shell structures.

This book presents the latest research advances relating to machines and mechanisms.

Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications: Design Engineering Problems examines the latest applications of nonlinear approaches in engineering and addresses a range of scientific problems.

This book bridges disparate fields in an exploration of the phenomena and applications surrounding molecular mobility in glassy materials experiencing inelastic deformation.

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of hybrid high-order methods for computational mechanics.

This book evaluates the importance of various historical sources and discusses their role in the creation and transmission of scientific knowledge.

This monograph deals with the mechanics and thermodynamics of materials with memory, including properties of the dynamical equations that describe their evolution in time under varying loads.

This book provides recommendations for thermal and structural modelling of spacecraft structures for predicting thermoelastic responses.

This book reports on topics at the interface between mechanical and chemical engineering, emphasizing design, simulation, and manufacturing.

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