Mechanics category: 1527 books
by Robert M. Hackett
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
This book introduces the subject of hyperelasticity in a concise manner mainly directed to students of solid mechanics who have a familiarity with continuum mechanics. It focuses on important introductory topics in the field of nonlinear material behavior and presents a number of example problems...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
The book is focused on constitutive description of mechanical behaviour of engineering materials: both conventional (polycrystalline homogeneous isotropic or anisotropic metallic materials) and non-conventional (heterogeneous multicomponent anisotropic composite materials). Effective material properties...
by Richard Fitzpatrick
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
Includes reader exercises
Variational Formulation of Fluid and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Mechanics, Symmetries and Conservation Laws
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
This book describes the derivation of the equations of motion of fluids as well as the dynamics of ocean and atmospheric currents on both large and small scales through the use of variational methods. In this way the equations of Fluid and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics are re-derived making use of a...
Earthquakes
The Sound of Multi-modal Waves
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
This book is an introduction to wave dynamics as they apply to earthquakes, among the scariest, most unpredictable, and deadliest natural phenomena on Earth. Since studying seismic activity is essentially a study of wave dynamics, this text starts with a discussion of types and representations, including...
Noether's Theorems
Applications in Mechanics and Field Theory
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
The book provides a detailed exposition of the calculus of variations on fibre bundles and graded manifolds. It presents applications in such area's as non-relativistic mechanics, gauge theory, gravitation theory and topological field theory with emphasis on energy and energy-momentum conservation...
Fracture, Fatigue, Failure, and Damage Evolution, Volume 5
Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution*, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics*, the fifth volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early...
Canonical Duality Theory
Unified Methodology for Multidisciplinary Study
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
This book on canonical duality theory provides a comprehensive review of its philosophical origin, physics foundation, and mathematical statements in both finite- and infinite-dimensional spaces. A ground-breaking methodological theory, canonical duality theory can be used for modeling complex systems...
Classical and Quantum Dynamics
From Classical Paths to Path Integrals
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Graduate students who wish to become familiar with advanced computational strategies in classical and quantum dynamics will find in this book both the fundamentals of a standard course and a detailed treatment of the time-dependent oscillator, Chern-Simons mechanics, the Maslov anomaly and the Berry...
Viscoelasticity of Polymers
Theory and Numerical Algorithms
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to polymer rheology with a focus on the viscoelastic characterization of polymeric materials. It contains various numerical algorithms for the processing of viscoelastic data, from basic principles to advanced examples which are hard to find in the existing...
by H. Aref, S. Balachandar
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Fluid mechanics is a branch of classical physics that has a rich tradition in applied mathematics and numerical methods. It is at work virtually everywhere, from nature to technology. This broad and fundamental coverage of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) begins with a presentation of basic numerical...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
This collection of recent activities provides researchers and scientists with the latest trends in characterization and developments of composed materials and structures. Here, the expression ‘composed materials’ indicates a wider range than the expression ‘composite material’ which is many...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Most well known structures in planetary atmospheres and the Earth’s oceans are jets or fronts interacting with vortices on a wide range of scales. The transition from one state to another, such as in unbalanced or adjustment flows, involves the generation of waves as well as the interaction of coherent...
A Concise Course on the Theory of Classical Liquids
Basics and Selected Topics
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
This short primer offers non-specialist readers a concise, yet comprehensive introduction to the field of classical fluids – providing both fundamental information and a number of selected topics to bridge the gap between the basics and ongoing research.
In particular, hard-sphere systems...