Engineering: Mechanics of solids

The book systematically introduces the mathematical models and solutions of generalized hydrodynamics of soft-matter quasicrystals (SMQ).

This volume deals with topical problems concerning technology and design in construction of modern metamaterials.

This book presents selected papers from International Conference on Intelligent and Efficient Electrical Systems (ICIEES'17).

This book comprises the select proceedings of the ETAEERE 2016 conference.

This collection of formulas has been written by applied scientists and industrial engineers for design professionals and students who work in engineering acoustics.

This book examines new approaches for the estimation of errors in approximate theories.

This book treats the mechanical behavior of one-dimensional sandwich structures, a typicaloncept in the context of lightweight design.

This book perfects the theoretical system of fracture mechanics of nonhomogeneous materials through the establishment of the piecewise exponential model and expands the fracture research scope to nonhomogeneous materials containing complex interfaces through proposing the domain-independent interaction integral concept.

This book describes the design experience of automatic machines and the theoretical background for controlling them.

This book presents fundamental theory of shock and detonation waves as well as selected studies in detonation research in Japan, contributed by selected experts in safety research on explosives, development of industrial explosives, and application of explosives.

Flexible electronics are electronics that can be stretched, bent, twisted, and deformed into arbitrary shapes.

This textbook contains sections with fundamental, classical knowledge in solid mechanics, as well as original modern mathematical models to describe the state and behavior of solid deformable bodies.

This book presents the theory of plates and shells on the basis of the three-dimensional parent theory.

This textbook provides an overview of the fundamental concepts in continuum mechanics for application in real material behavior analysis.

This book is intended to serve as core text or handy reference on two key areas of metallic materials: (i) mechanical behavior and properties evaluated by mechanical testing; and (ii) different types of metal working or forming operations to produce useful shapes.

Drawing on years of practical on-site experience, this book presents a new method for controlling "e;bridge-head bumping"e; in soft soil ground.

The book presents homogeneous solutions in static and dynamical problems of anisotropic theory of elasticity, which are constructed for a hollow cylinder.

This book addresses the static and dynamic analysis of linear elastic size-dependent structures based on the modified couple stress theory.

This book presents and discusses recent developments in the broad field of spectroscopy, providing the reader with an updated overview.

The book features selected high-quality papers presented at the International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies 2019 (GUCON 2019), organized by Galgotias University, India, in September 2019.

This thesis develops several systematic and unified approaches for analyzing dynamic systems with positive characteristics or a more general cone invariance property.

This book comprises select proceedings of the National Conference on Control, Signal Processing, Energy and Power Systems (CSPES 2018).

These proceedings gather outstanding papers presented at the China SAE Congress 2019.

This book presents new research results in multidisciplinary fields of mathematical and numerical modelling in mechanics.

This book provides comprehensive mechanobiological insights into bone, including the microstructure of cancellous bone and its realistic loading in the human body.

This book contains the keynote presentations, invited speeches, and general session papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Asia Urban GeoEngineering, which will be held from 24 November to 27 November 2017 in Changsha, China.

This book highlights the mathematical models and solutions of the generalized dynamics of soft-matter quasicrystals (SMQ) and introduces possible applications of the theory and methods.

This book discusses the features of composite materials and arch structures.

This book presents a novel theory of multibody dynamics with distinct features, including unified continuum theory, multiscale modeling technology of multibody system, and motion formalism implementation.

This book presents the theory of plates and shells on the basis of the three-dimensional parent theory.

This textbook provides an overview of the fundamental concepts in continuum mechanics for application in real material behavior analysis.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of cable robots, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 6th International Conference on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (CableCon), held in Nantes, France on June 25-28, 2023.

This book examines new approaches for the estimation of errors in approximate theories.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of cable robots, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 6th International Conference on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (CableCon), held in Nantes, France on June 25-28, 2023.

This book is the second edition of the one originally published in 2016, as the first comprehensive treatment on the fundamentals of hydrogen embrittlement of metallic materials, mainly steel.

This book gathers the latest advances and innovations in the field of flow-induced vibration and noise, as presented by leading international researchers at the 4th International Symposium on Flow-Induced Noise and Vibration Issues and Aspects (FLINOVIA), which was held in Sydney, Australia, in May 2023.

This book provides students and researchers with a systematic solution for fluid-induced structural vibrations, galloping instability and the chaos of cables.

This thesis transports you to a wonderful and fascinating small-scale world and tells you the origin of several new phenomena.

This book presents the most important findings from the 9th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control (ICMIC'17), held in Kunming, China on July 10-12, 2017.

This book presents the latest advances in Discrete Element Methods (DEM) and technology.

This thesis analyzes aerodynamic forces in viscous and compressible external flows.

This dictionary offers clear and reliable explanations of over 100 keywords covering the entire field of non-classical continuum mechanics and generalized mechanics, including the theory of elasticity, heat conduction, thermodynamic and electromagnetic continua, as well as applied mathematics.

This book focuses on robust characterization and prediction methods for materials in technical applications as well as the materials' safety features during operation.

This book presents the theory of continuum mechanics for mechanical, thermodynamical, and electrodynamical systems.

This book describes the multi-axis substructure testing (MAST) system, a simulator developed at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, which provides state-of-the-art technology for large-scale hybrid testing of structures under realistic scenarios depicting extreme events.

This book highlights the acoustical metamaterials' capability to manipulate the direction of sound propagation in solids which in turn control the scattering, diffraction and refraction, the three basic mechanisms of sound propagation in solids.

This book discusses the revolution of cycles and rhythms that is expected to take place in different branches of science and engineering in the 21st century, with a focus on communication and information processing.

This book addresses issues pertinent to mechanics and stress generation, especially in recent advanced cases of technology developments, spanning from micrometer interconnects in solar photovoltaics (PV), next-gen energy storage devices to multilayers of nano-scale composites enabling novel stretchable/flexible conductor technologies.

This book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering (ICASSE 2019), held in Toronto, Canada, on July 30-August 1, 2019, and jointly organized by the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.