This volume contains eleven contributions on boundary integral equation and boundary element methods. Beside some historical and more analytical aspects in the formulation and analysis of boundary integral equations, modern fast boundary element methods are also described and analyzed from a mathematical point of view. In addition, the book presents engineering and industrial applications that show the ability of boundary element methods to solve challenging problems from different fields.
This volume contains eleven contributions on boundary integral equation and boundary element methods. Beside some historical and more analytical as...
Micromechanics provides a link between the structure and the properties at different scales of observation. This book deals with micromechanical analysis of interfaces and interface layers and presents several modelling tools. These range from the rigorous method of asymptotic expansions to practical finite element simulations, suitable for this class of problems. The corresponding two parts of the book are self-contained, so they can be read separately.
Micromechanics provides a link between the structure and the properties at different scales of observation. This book deals with micromechanical an...
The analysis and simulation of multifield problems have recently become one of the most actual and vivid areas of research. Although the individual subproblems of complex technical and physical phenomena often are understood separately, their interaction and coupling create not only new difficulties but also a complete new level and quality of interacting coupled field problems. Presented by leading experts this book includes recent results in these fields from the International Conference on Multifield Problems, April 8-10, 2002 at the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
The analysis and simulation of multifield problems have recently become one of the most actual and vivid areas of research. Although the individual su...
Vibro-impact dynamics has occupied a wide spectrum of studies by dyn- icists, physicists, and mathematicians. These studies may be classi?ed into three main categories: modeling, mapping and applications. The main te- niques used in modeling of vibro-impact systems include phenomenological modelings, Hertzian models, and non-smooth coordinate transformations- velopedbyZhuravlevandIvanov. Oneofthemostcriticalsituationsimpeded invibro-impactsystemsisthegrazingbifurcation. Grazingbifurcationisu- ally studied through discontinuity mapping techniques, which are very useful to uncover the rich...
Vibro-impact dynamics has occupied a wide spectrum of studies by dyn- icists, physicists, and mathematicians. These studies may be classi?ed into thre...
The aim of this International Symposium on Dynamics of Vibro-Impact Systems is to provide a forum for the discussion of recent developments in the theory and industrial applications of vibro-impact ocean systems. A special effort has been made to invite active researchers from engineering, science, and applied mathematics communities. This symposium has indeed updated engineers with recent analytical developments of vibro-impact dynamics and at the same time allowed engineers and industrial practitioners to alert mathematicians with their unresolved issues. The symposium was held in Troy,...
The aim of this International Symposium on Dynamics of Vibro-Impact Systems is to provide a forum for the discussion of recent developments in the ...
This special volume of the series Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics is a compendium of reviewed articles presented at the 11th EUROMECH-MECAMAT conference entitled Mechanics of microstructured solids: cellular materials, fibre reinforced solids and soft tissues, which took place in Torino (Italy) in March 10-14, 2008, at the Museo Regional delle Scienze. This EUROMECH-MECAMAT conference was jointly organized by the Dipartimento di Matematica dell Universita di Torino, Italy and the INPL Institute (LEMTA, Nancy-Universite, France). The conference covered most of the...
This special volume of the series Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics is a compendium of reviewed articles presented at the 11th E...
Mechanics provides the link between mathematics and practical engineering app- cations. It is one of the oldest sciences, and many famous scientists have left and will leave their mark in this fascinating ?eld of research. Perhaps one of the most prominentscientists in mechanics was Sir Isaac Newton, who with his laws of - tion initiated the description of mechanical systems by differential equations. And still today, more than 300 years after Newton, this mathematical concept is more actual than ever. The rising computer power and the development of numerical solvers for diff- ential...
Mechanics provides the link between mathematics and practical engineering app- cations. It is one of the oldest sciences, and many famous scientists h...
Lamb waves are guided waves that propagate in thin plate or shell structures. There has been a clear increase of interest in using Lamb waves for identifying structural damage, entailing intensive research and development in this field over the past two decades. Now on the verge of maturity for diverse engineering applications, this emerging technique serves as an encouraging candidate for facilitating continuous and automated surveillance of the integrity of engineering structures in a cost-effective manner. In comparison with conventional nondestructive evaluation techniques such as...
Lamb waves are guided waves that propagate in thin plate or shell structures. There has been a clear increase of interest in using Lamb waves for iden...
The book describes results of investigations of a series of convective heat and mass transfer problems in rotating-disk systems, namely, over free rotating disks, under conditions of transient heat transfer, solid- body rotation of fluid, orthogonal flow impingement onto a disk, swirl radial flow between parallel co-rotating disks, in cone-disk systems and for Prandtl and Schmidt numbers larger than unity. Methodology used included integral methods, self-similar and approximate analytical solutions, as well as CFD. The book is aimed at the professional audience of academic researchers,...
The book describes results of investigations of a series of convective heat and mass transfer problems in rotating-disk systems, namely, over free rot...
