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relevance of laboratory test results for simple lap joint specimens to riveted joints in a real structure; fatigue crack growth and fatigue life prediction methodology for riveted lap joints;

Mechanical behavior has been a central plank of basic studies in engineering for many years. This uniquely comprehensive textbook on the subject covers all the basic concepts, and helps students relate their laboratory experiments to lecture-theatre theory.

This book is intended for researchers who are interested in investigating the nanomechanical properties of materials using advanced instrumentation techniques.

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Osaka, Japan, 6-11 July 2003

The desire to understand the mechanics of elastic and plastic solids, new materials and the stability, reliability and dynamic behaviour of structures and their components under extreme environmental conditions has dominated research in structural engineering for many decades.

This book has been written with two purposes, as a textbook for engineering courses and as a reference book for engineers and scientists.

The theoretical tools required for rational analysis of shells are kept at a modest level to give a sound grasp of the fundamentals of shell behaviour and, at the same time, an understanding of the related theory, allowing it to be applied to actual design problems.

It is true that "Nothing is more practical than theory" as Boltzmann said. J.T.P The growing interest in Isodyne Stress Analysis and the related experience of the author show that the major monograph and reference book on the subject, Isodyne Stress Analysis by Jerzy T.

Fretting fatigue is a subject drawing equally on materials science and applied mechanics, but it is the intention in this book to concentrate attention entirely on the latter aspects, in a search for the quantification of the influence of fretting on both crack nucleation and propagation.

It covers shells of isotropic materials, such as metal alloys and plastics, and shells of composite materials, such as fibre reinforced polymer, metal or ceramic matrix materials.

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 under variable loads beyond their elastic limit In particular, the problems of shakedown, ratchetting, transient and asymptotic cyclic states are addressed.

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Bochum, Germany, 25-29 August 1997

This book is the first to deal with the important topic of the fire behaviour of fibre reinforced polymer composite materials. Also covered are fire protection materials for composites, fire properties of nanocomposites, fire safety regulations and standards, fire test methods, and health hazards from burning composites.

The purpose of this book is to present, describe and demonstrate the use of numerical methods in solving crack problems in fracture mechanics.

This volume presents an introduction to the three numerical methods most commonly used in the mechanical analysis of deformable solids: the finite element method (FEM), the linear iteration method (LIM), and the finite difference method (FDM).

This book aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the theory and applications of the mechanics of transversely isotropic elastic materials.

Deals with structural and continuum mechanics. Containing hundreds of diagrams, drawings and examples, this work dovetails theoretical developments and figures. It also covers stresses and strains in simple elements subjected to extension, bending, shear and torsion.

This volume is a collection of twenty five written contributions by distinguished invited speakers from seven countries to the IUTAM Symposium on Size Effects on Material and Structural Behavior at Micron- and Nano-scales.

held in Cape May, NJ, USA from June 5-10, 1999

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Vienna, Austria, 2-6 June 1997

Contains a comprehensive treatment of the theory of random vibration of linear structures subjected to stationary or nonstationary excitations. This book is of interest to structural analysts and research engineers dealing with structures in a random environment. It is also useful as a textbook for a graduate course in random vibration.

This book deals with various computational procedures for multiple repeated analyses (reanalysis) of structures, and presents them in a unified approach. To clarify the presentation, many illustrative examples and numerical results are demonstrated. Previous books on structural analysis do not cover most of the material presented here.

Thus, the book should be considered not only as a graduate textbook, but also as a reference handbook to those working or interested in areas of Applied Mathematics, Continuum Mechanics, Stress Analysis, and Mechanical Design.

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Cardiff, UK, 18-22 June 2001

From the view point of the material and structure engineer, there are many aspects of failure by fatigue that are in need of attention, particularly when the size and time of the working components are changed by orders of magnitude from those considered by st traditional means.

This pioneering book presents new models for the thermomechanical behavior of composite materials, taking into account internal physico-chemical transformations such as thermodecomposition, sublimation, and melting at high temperatures.

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Ithaca, NY, USA, 27 July-1 August 1997

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Southampton, UK 8-11 July 1997

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 2-5 March 1999

IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical and Numerical Methods in Continuum Mechanics of Porous Materials, held at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, September 5-10, 1999