Elements of Structural Optimization

Raphael T Haftka, Zafer Gürdal

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 11
• The field of structural optimization is still a relatively new field undergoing rapid changes in methods and focus. Until recently there was a severe ... Lees meer

Multiscale Deformation and Fracture in Materials and Structures

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 84
• Modern Solid Mechanics considers phenomena at many levels, ranging from nano size at atomic scale through the continuum level at millimeter size to la... Lees meer

Advances in Engineering Structures, Mechanics & Construction

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 140
• This volume is the proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Engineering Structures, Mechanics& Construction, convenedat the Universi... Lees meer

Internal Variables in Thermoelasticity

Arkadi Berezovski, Peter Ván

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 243
• This book describes an effective method for modeling advanced materials like polymers, composite materials and biomaterials, which are, as a rule, inh... Lees meer

Lecture Notes on the Theory of Plates and Shells

David J Steigmann, Mircea Bîrsan, Milad Shirani

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 274
• This book presents the theory of plates and shells on the basis of the three-dimensional parent theory. The authors explore the thinness of the struct... Lees meer

Fundamentals of Ultrasonic Phased Arrays

Lester W Schmerr Jr

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 215
• Contains a comprehensive discussion of the foundations of ultrasonic phased array systems Features a new, unified theory of imaging with phased arrays... Lees meer

Mechanics of Microelectronics

G Q Zhang, W D Van Driel, X J Fan

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 141
• From a mechanical engineering point of view, Microelectronics and Microsystems are multi-scale in both geometric and time domains, multi-process, mult... Lees meer

Diffusion in Ceramics

Joshua Pelleg

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 221
• This textbook provides an introduction to changes that occur in solids such as ceramics, mainly at high temperatures, which are diffusion controlled, ... Lees meer

Polymer Composite Materials -- Interface Phenomena & Processes

Y Ivanov, Valerii Cheshkov, Margarita Natova

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 90
• New technologies demand new materials. Polymer composites, with their wide range of possible fillers and polymers, open the way to an enormous range o... Lees meer

Thermal Stresses in Plates and Shells

Mohammad Reza Eslami

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 277
• This book covers thermal stresses in plates and shells, offering a cutting-edge exploration of this critical field. Tailored for a diverse audience, i... Lees meer

Fundamentals of Ultrasonic Phased Arrays

Lester W Schmerr Jr

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 215
• Contains a comprehensive discussion of the foundations of ultrasonic phased array systems Features a new, unified theory of imaging with phased arrays... Lees meer

Mechanical Properties of Ceramics

Joshua Pelleg

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 213
• This book discusses the mechanical properties of ceramics and aims to provide both a solid background for undergraduate students, as well as serving a... Lees meer

Direct Methods for Limit and Shakedown Analysis of Structures

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 220
• Articles in this book examine various materials and how to determine directly the limit state of a structure, in the sense of limit analysis and shake... Lees meer

Iutam Symposium on Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves in Structured Media

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 91
• The IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves in Structured Media took place at the University of Sydney from January 18- 22, 1999. It b... Lees meer

Elasticity for Geotechnicians

Paolo Podio-Guidugli, Antonino Favata

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 204
• This book deals in a modern manner with a family of named problems from an old and mature subject, classical elasticity. These problems are formulated... Lees meer

Creep in Ceramics

Joshua Pelleg

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 241
• Summarizes most recent innovations and developments in the field Presents a wealth of knowledge, while no other book is dedicated to creep in ceramics... Lees meer

Miles' Equation in Random Vibrations

Jaap Wijker

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 248
• Theoretical backgrounds of Miles' equation are kept simple and discussed using several approaches Contains many realistic (practical) examples Real sp... Lees meer

Plates and Fem

Johan Blaauwendraad

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 171
• The Finite Element Method, shortly FEM, is a widely used computational tool in structural engineering. For basic design purposes it usually suf ces to... Lees meer

Plasticity-Damage Couplings: From Single Crystal to Polycrystalline Materials

Oana Cazacu, Benoit Revil-Baudard, Nitin Chandola

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 253
• Offering a well-balanced blend of theory and hands-on applications, this book presents a unified framework for the main dissipative phenomena in metal... Lees meer

Inelastic Analysis of Structures Under Variable Loads

• Paperback | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 83
• The question whether a structure or a machine component can carry the applied loads, and with which margin of safety, or whether it will become unserv... Lees meer

Iutam Symposium on Computational Mechanics of Solid Materials at Large Strains

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 108
• The steady increase in computational power induces an equally steady increase in the complexity of the engineering models and associated computer code... Lees meer

Inverse Problems in Vibration

G M L Gladwell

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 119
• In the first, 1986, edition of this book, inverse problems in vibration were interpreted strictly: problems concerning the reconstruction of a unique,... Lees meer

Contact Problems

L A Galin

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 155
• L.A. Galin's book on contact problems is a remarkable work. Actually there are two books: the first, published in 1953 deals with contact problems in ... Lees meer

Inelastic Behaviour of Structures Under Variable Loads

• Hardcover | Engels | Solid Mechanics and Its Applications | nr. 36
• This collection of papers is a state of the art presentation of theories and methods related to the problem of the behaviour of mechanical structures ... Lees meer