Engineering: Mechanics of solids

This book is focused on the introduction of the finite difference method based on the classical one-dimensional structural members, i.

This book serves as a core text for university curricula in solid body mechanics and, at the same time, examines the main achievements of state of the art research in the mechanics of elastic and non-elastic materials.

This book conducts effective research on data-driven Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), and accordingly presents many novel feature extraction methods by time series analysis and signal processing, to extract reliable damage sensitive features from vibration responses.

This book presents the stream-tube method (STM), a method offering computational means of dealing with the two- and three-dimensional properties of numerous incompressible materials in static and dynamic conditions.

Available for the first time in English, this two-volume course on theoretical and applied mechanics has been honed over decades by leading scientists and teachers, and is a primary teaching resource for engineering and maths students at St.

This book draws together the most interesting recent results to emerge in mechanical engineering in Russia, providing a fascinating overview of the state of the art in the field in that country which will be of interest to a wide readership.

This book offers the first comprehensive and practice-oriented guide to condition monitoring algorithms in MATLAB(R).

This book provides structural reliability and design students with fundamental knowledge in structural reliability, as well as an overview of the latest developments in the field of reliability engineering.

This monograph offers a coherent, self-contained account of the theory of Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen measures and decay of correlations for nonuniformly hyperbolic dynamical systems.

This book offers a comprehensive and timely report of size-dependent continuum mechanics approaches.

This book reports on an original approach to problems of loci.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of vibration and technology of machinery, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the XV International Conference on Vibration Engineering and Technology of Machinery (VETOMAC), held in Curitiba, Brazil on November 10-15, 2019.

The book introduces modern high-order methods for computational fluid dynamics.

This book presents a concise, clear, and consistent account of the methodology of phase synchronization, an extension of modal analysis to decouple any linear system in real space.

This textbook offers a strong introduction to the fundamental concepts of materials science.

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

This fourth edition focuses on the basics and advanced topics in strength of materials.

The book covers various topics of heat transfer.

This book uses a novel concept to teach the finite element method, applying it to solid mechanics.

This book highlights the mechanics of the elastic elements made of steel alloys with focus on the metal springs for automotive industry.

This book describes the main approaches for production and synthesis of nanostructured metals and alloys, taking into account the fatigue behavior of materials in additive manufactured components.

This book focuses on the need for an Eulerian formulation of constitutive equations.

This text describes the mathematical formulation and proof of the unified mechanics theory (UMT) which is based on the unification of Newton's laws and the laws of thermodynamics.

This book highlights progress towards the capture, storage, and utilization of energy through the development of advanced materials and systems based on abundant elements, materials, and commodities.

This book presents a panorama of recent developments in the theory of tilings and related dynamical systems.

This book provides an overview of the current of the state of the art in the multiscale mechanics of solids and structures.

This volume presents the latest research and industrial applications in the areas of mechanism science, robotics and dynamics.

This book provides an in-depth account of the fascinating but far from simple actions and processes that take place when a brass instrument is played.

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

This book contains selected and expanded contributions presented at the 15th Conference on Acoustics and Vibration of Mechanical Structures held in Timisoara, Romania, May 30-31, 2019.

This book reviews the mathematical modeling and experimental study of systems involving two or more different length scales.

This book commemorates the 60th birthday of Dr.

Now in an updated second edition, this classroom-tested textbook describes essential concepts in vibration analysis of mechanical systems.

This is the first monograph dedicated entirely to problems of stability and chaotic behaviour in planetary systems and its subsystems.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of statistical descriptions of turbulent flows.

This book features recent research in mathematical modeling of indirectly and directly transmitted infectious diseases in humans, animals, and plants.

This book gathers contributions from the 15th ICOLD Benchmark Workshop on Numerical Analysis of Dams.

This book addresses the  problems of fracture mechanics of materials with cracks under the loading directed along the cracks.

This book presents a selection of cutting-edge methods that allow readers to obtain novel models for nonlinear solid mechanics.

This book features selected manuscripts presented at ICoNSoM 2019, exploring cutting-edge methods for developing novel models in nonlinear solid mechanics.

This is the first single volume monograph that systematically summarizes the recent progress in using non-Fourier heat conduction theories to deal with the multiphysical behaviour of smart materials and structures.

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

The book introduces the basic concepts of the finite element method in the static and dynamic analysis of beam, plate, shell and solid structures, discussing how the method works, the characteristics of a finite element approximation and how to avoid the pitfalls of finite element modeling.

This book provides an overview of direct methods such as limit and shakedown analysis, which are intended to do away with the need for cumbersome step-by-step calculations and determine the loading limits of mechanical structures under monotone, cyclic or variable loading with unknown loading history.

This book illustrates how MATLAB compact and powerful programming framework can be very useful in the finite element analysis of solids and structures.

Topics in Modal Analysis & Testing, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020, the eighth volume of nine from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Sensors and Instrumentation, Aircraft/Aerospace and Energy Harvesting, Volume 7:  Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020, the seventh volume of eight from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2:  Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020, the second volume of eight from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book commemorates the 75th birthday of Prof.