Mechanics category: 1527 books
Mechanics
From Newton's Laws to Deterministic Chaos
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
This book covers all topics in mechanics from elementary Newtonian mechanics, the principles of canonical mechanics and rigid body mechanics to relativistic mechanics and nonlinear dynamics. It was among the first textbooks to include dynamical systems and deterministic chaos in due detail. As compared...
by Zishun Liu
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Frontiers in Applied Mechanics is a compilation of cutting-edge research in applied mechanics by 65 of the world's leading researchers and academics. It comprises current new research directions and topics in the field, as well as developments in the classical branches of applied mechanics; namely...
The Unfinished Mechanics of Giuseppe Moletti
An Edition and English Translation of His Dialogue on Mechanics, 1576
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2000
Mechanics has long been recognized as the pivotal science in the decline of Aristotelian natural philosophy and the rise of the new, mathematical physics of the Scientific Revolution. Less well known, however, is the earlier transformation of mechanics from a practical art into a theoretical and mathematical...
Essential Classical Mechanics
Problems and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Problem solving in physics is not simply a test of understanding, but an integral part of learning. This book contains complete step-by-step solutions for all exercise problems in Essential Classical Mechanics, with succinct chapter-by-chapter summaries of key concepts and formulas. The degree of...
by Jagannath Mazumdar
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Biofluid mechanics is the study of a certain class of biological problems from the viewpoint of fluid mechanics. Though biofluid mechanics does not involve any new development of the general principles of fluid mechanics, it does involve some new applications of its methods. Complex movements of fluids...
by Gerrit Coddens
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
From Spinors to Quantum Mechanics discusses group theory and its use in quantum mechanics. Chapters 1 to 4 offer an introduction to group theory, and it provides the reader with an exact and clear intuition of what a spinor is, showing that spinors are just a mathematically complete notation for group...
Introduction to Solid Mechanics
An Integrated Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Introduction to Solid Mechanics: An Integrated Approach presents for the first time in one text the concepts and processes covered in statics and mechanics of materials curricula following a granular, topically integrated approach. Since the turn of the millennium, it has become common in engineering...
Fracture Mechanics of Electromagnetic Materials
Nonlinear Field Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Fracture Mechanics of Electromagnetic Materials provides a comprehensive overview of fracture mechanics of conservative and dissipative materials, as well as a general formulation of nonlinear field theory of fracture mechanics and a rigorous treatment of dynamic crack problems involving coupled magnetic,...
Continuum Damage Mechanics
A Continuum Mechanics Approach to the Analysis of Damage and Fracture
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
Recent developments in engineering and technology have brought about serious and enlarged demands for reliability, safety and economy in wide range of fields such as aeronautics, nuclear engineering, civil and structural engineering, automotive and production industry. This, in turn, has caused...
Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers
with Microfluidics, CFD, and COMSOL Multiphysics 5
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
The Chemical Engineer’s Practical Guide to Fluid Mechanics: Now Includes COMSOL Multiphysics 5
Since most chemical processing applications are conducted either partially or totally in the fluid phase, chemical engineers need mastery of fluid mechanics. Such knowledge is especially...
by Chin-Teh Sun, Zhihe Jin, Department Of Mechanical Engineering<br>University of Maine
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Fracture Mechanics covers classical and modern methods and introduce new/unique techniques, making this text an important resource for anyone involved in the study or application of fracture mechanics. Using insights from leading experts in fracture mechanics, it provides new approaches and new applications...
Continuum Mechanics using Mathematica®
Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
This textbook's methodological approach familiarizes readers with the mathematical tools required to correctly define and solve problems in continuum mechanics. Covering essential principles and fundamental applications, this second edition of Continuum Mechanics using Mathematica® provides a solid...
by Albert W Stetz
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
This elegant book presents a rigorous introduction to the theory of nonlinear mechanics and chaos. It turns out that many simple mechanical systems suffer from a peculiar malady. They are deterministic in the sense that their motion can be described with partial differential equations, but these equations...
Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames
Section and Slender Member Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
This book is focused on the theoretical and practical design of reinforced concrete beams, columns and frame structures. It is based on an analytical approach of designing normal reinforced concrete structural elements that are compatible with most international design rules, including for instance...