Engineering: Mechanics of solids

Elastic Waves: High Frequency Theory is concerned with mathematical aspects of the theory of high-frequency elastic waves, which is based on the ray method.

Ultrasonic guided waves in solid media are important in nondestructive testing and structural health monitoring.

Ultrasonic guided waves in solid media are important in nondestructive testing and structural health monitoring.

Designed for continuum mechanics courses and features both the theoretical framework and numerical methods required to model continuous material behaviour.

This textbook provides students with an aid to consolidating understanding of the principles and applications of structural mechanics.

Fatigue Prediction for Random Loads serves as a comprehensive treatise for methods for fatigue estimation and fatigue life prediction in randomly excited structural systems using the rainflow cycle counting method.

Current computer graphics hardware and software make it possible to synthesize near photo-realistic images, but the simulation of natural-looking motion of articulated figures remains a difficultand challenging task.

This book gives a sufficient grounding in mechanics for engineers to tackle a significant range of problems encountered in the design and specification of simple structures and machines.

This book gives a sufficient grounding in mechanics for engineers to tackle a significant range of problems encountered in the design and specification of simple structures and machines.

Most books on forensic engineering focus on civil engineering failures rather than consumer or general mechanical products.

Studying the morphology, defects, and wear behavior of a variety of material surfaces, Mechanical Tribology examines popular and emerging surface characterization techniques for assessment of the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of various modified surfaces, thin films, and coatings.

Studying the morphology, defects, and wear behavior of a variety of material surfaces, Mechanical Tribology examines popular and emerging surface characterization techniques for assessment of the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of various modified surfaces, thin films, and coatings.

Specifically focusing on fluid film, hydrodynamic, and elastohydrodynamic lubrication, this edition studies the most important principles of fluid film lubrication for the correct design of bearings, gears, and rolling operations, and for the prevention of friction and wear in engineering designs.

Specifically focusing on fluid film, hydrodynamic, and elastohydrodynamic lubrication, this edition studies the most important principles of fluid film lubrication for the correct design of bearings, gears, and rolling operations, and for the prevention of friction and wear in engineering designs.

This classic book in the Kemp and Young series has been fully revised and updated by David J Eyres, author of the well-known Butterworth-Heinemann title "e;Ship Construction,"e; and will prove indispensable to the student reader.

Terramechanics is the broad study of terrain-vehicle systems.

Terramechanics is the broad study of terrain-vehicle systems.

Winner of the Japanese Geotechnical Society 2016 publication awardWritten by a veteran geotechnical engineer with a long record of research discoveries, Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials: Principles and Applications presents a simple and unified approach to modeling various features of geomaterials in general stress systems.

Input-to-State Stability presents the dominating stability paradigm in nonlinear control theory that revolutionized our view on stabilization of nonlinear systems, design of robust nonlinear observers, and stability of nonlinear interconnected control systems.

Rotor dynamics is both a classical and a modern branch of engineering science.

Bessel functions are associated with a wide range of problems in important areas of mathematical physics.

Fracture and flow of rocks under stress and their geophysical and seismological implications raise fundamental questions in rock mechanics, particularly in the areas of tectonophysics and seismology.

Fracture and flow of rocks under stress and their geophysical and seismological implications raise fundamental questions in rock mechanics, particularly in the areas of tectonophysics and seismology.

Working and living onboard vessels imposes a series of generally low-frequency mechanical vibrations as well as single-impulse shock loads on the human body.

This book provides information on the basics of deformation and fracture in materials and on current, state-of-the-art experimental and numerical/theoretical methods, including data-driven approaches in the deformation and fracture study of materials.

Fatigue failure of engineering materials and structures has long been a great challenge for structural integrity, reliability and safety in mechanical, civil and aerospace engineering.

Experimental solid mechanics is the study of materials to determine their physical properties.

Beam theories are exploited worldwide to analyze civil, mechanical, automotive, and aerospace structures.

Experimental solid mechanics is the study of materials to determine their physical properties.

The subject of computational plasticity encapsulates the numerical methods used for the finite element simulation of the behaviour of a wide range of engineering materials considered to be plastic i.

Beam theories are exploited worldwide to analyze civil, mechanical, automotive, and aerospace structures.

Chronicling the 11th US France 'Mechanics and physics of solids at macro- and nano-scales' symposium, organized by ICACM (International Center for Applied Computational Mechanics) in Paris, June 2018, this book addresses the breadth of issues raised.

An important instance of the application of unbuckled solid mechanics is that of its stability and small movements from this situation.

An important instance of the application of unbuckled solid mechanics is that of its stability and small movements from this situation.

The formalism processing of unbuckled solids mechanics involves several mathematical tools which are to be mastered at the same time.

The formalism processing of unbuckled solids mechanics involves several mathematical tools which are to be mastered at the same time.

From the characterization of materials to accelerated life testing, experimentation with solids and structures is present in all stages of the design of mechanical devices.

From the characterization of materials to accelerated life testing, experimentation with solids and structures is present in all stages of the design of mechanical devices.

This book covers the impact of sustainable masonry on the environment, touting the many benefits of utilizing local and/or low embodied energy materials in the construction of sustainable buildings.

This book covers the impact of sustainable masonry on the environment, touting the many benefits of utilizing local and/or low embodied energy materials in the construction of sustainable buildings.

Covers both holonomic and non-holonomic constraints in a study of the mechanics of the constrained rigid body.

Covers both holonomic and non-holonomic constraints in a study of the mechanics of the constrained rigid body.

Bridges are subject to daily and seasonal temperature fluctuations.

Introduction to Computational Contact Mechanics: A Geometrical Approach covers the fundamentals of computational contact mechanics and focuses on its practical implementation.

Introduction to Computational Contact Mechanics: A Geometrical Approach covers the fundamentals of computational contact mechanics and focuses on its practical implementation.

Computational contact mechanics is a broad topic which brings together algorithmic, geometrical, optimization and numerical aspects for a robust, fast and accurate treatment of contact problems.

Computational contact mechanics is a broad topic which brings together algorithmic, geometrical, optimization and numerical aspects for a robust, fast and accurate treatment of contact problems.

This timely book presents cutting-edge developments by experts in the field on the rapidly developing and scientifically challenging area of full-field measurement techniques used in solid mechanics including photoelasticity, grid methods, deflectometry, holography, speckle interferometry and digital image correlation.

CO2 capture and geological storage is seen as the most effective technology to rapidly reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

CO2 capture and geological storage is seen as the most effective technology to rapidly reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.