Engineering: Mechanics of solids

Plates and panels are primary components in many structures including space vehicles, aircraft, automobiles, buildings, bridge decks, ships and submarines.

A vast majority of failures emanate from stress concentrators such as geometrical discontinuities.

Have you ever wondered where the safety factors come from?

This book has evolved from a course on Mechanics of Robots that the author has thought for over a dozen years at the University of Cassino at Cassino, Italy.

In this new edition, the fundamental material on classical linear aeroelasticity has been revised.

In the last decade, we have seen an extraordinary progress in the the- ory and applications of robot kinematics.

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This volume is concerned with the basic problems of the theory of thermoelasticity for three models of continuous bodies: materials with voids, micropolar solids and nonsimple bodies.

Among the variety of wave motions one can single out surface wave pr- agation since these surface waves often adjust the features of the energy transfer in the continuum (system), its deformation and fracture.

Acoustical imaging has become an indispensable tool in a variety of fields.

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A comprehensive textbook that encompasses the full range of material covered in undergraduate courses in Structures in departments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering.

A fully revised second edition providing a systematic treatment of engineering dynamics that covers Newton–Euler and Lagrangian approaches.

Covering theory and practical industry usage of the finite element method, this highly-illustrated step-by-step approach thoroughly introduces methods using ANSYS.

Equips students with the essential knowledge, skills, and confidence to solve real-world heat transfer problems using EES, MATLAB, and FEHT.

This book provides a broad coverage of computational fluid dynamics that will interest engineers, astrophysicists, mathematicians, oceanographers and ecologists.

This book provides a broad coverage of computational fluid dynamics that will interest engineers, astrophysicists, mathematicians, oceanographers and ecologists.

Comprehensive, mathematically advanced treatment of the continuum mechanics of the Earth''s mantle and the geodynamic models used to investigate it.

This illustrated reference work provides a comprehensive overview of the surface engineering discipline, focusing on automotive, machining, and biomedical fields.

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the nucleation, motion, and interaction between crystalline defects called dislocations.

This illustrated reference work provides a comprehensive overview of the surface engineering discipline, focusing on automotive, machining, and biomedical fields.

This unique text offers comprehensive coverage of fundamental particle science, processing and technology, and includes quantitative tools, case studies and end-of-chapter problems.

This unique text offers comprehensive coverage of fundamental particle science, processing and technology, and includes quantitative tools, case studies and end-of-chapter problems.

The book offers detailed treatment on fundamental concepts of fracture mechanics.

This book provides a concise summary of the essential thermo-hydraulic analyses and design principles of nuclear reactors for electricity generation.

This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the fundamental theories and principles of engineering mechanics.

This book offers detailed treatment of the fundamental concepts of tribology and its related applications.

This is a theoretical and practical guide for fatigue design of marine structures including sailing ships and offshore oil structures.

This is a theoretical and practical guide for fatigue design of marine structures including sailing ships and offshore oil structures.

Presents the fundamentals of chemical engineering fluid mechanics with an emphasis on valid and practical approximations in modeling.

Presents the fundamentals of chemical engineering fluid mechanics with an emphasis on valid and practical approximations in modeling.

This book gives advanced undergraduate and graduate students a clear understanding of the development of continuum mechanics, with special emphasis on thermodymamics.

An accessible textbook providing students with a working knowledge of the properties of defects in crystals, in a step-by-step tutorial style.

An accessible textbook providing students with a working knowledge of the properties of defects in crystals, in a step-by-step tutorial style.

This book gives advanced undergraduate and graduate students a clear understanding of the development of continuum mechanics, with special emphasis on thermodymamics.

This book describes the approach to engineering solutions through simplified modeling of important physical features and approximating their behavior.

This book describes the approach to engineering solutions through simplified modeling of important physical features and approximating their behavior.

Moving on to derivation of the governing equations, this book presents applications in the areas of linear and nonlinear elasticity.

The book examines the role of thermodynamical aspects to derive governing equations and studies applications involving potential and viscous flows.

The first comprehensive treatment of the theory for small and large amplitude internal gravity waves, with illustrative examples and exercises.

The first comprehensive treatment of the theory for small and large amplitude internal gravity waves, with illustrative examples and exercises.

Get up to speed with the future of logic switch design with this indispensable introduction to post-CMOS technologies.

Get up to speed with the future of logic switch design with this indispensable introduction to post-CMOS technologies.

A quantitative introduction to atmospheric physics for intermediate-advanced undergraduate and graduate students, with an emphasis on the underlying physical principles.

Discusses polymer nanocomposites composed of a family of polymeric materials whose properties are capable of being tailored to meet specific applications.

Discusses polymer nanocomposites composed of a family of polymeric materials whose properties are capable of being tailored to meet specific applications.

This book presents an advanced computational method for the prediction of sound and structural vibrations in several industries.

A detailed, up-to-date guide to modern MOS transistors, describing key tools, cutting-edge models, novel phenomena and current challenges.

This book presents Kane''s method, a modern approach that leads economically to equations that can be readily solved by computer.