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The book contains state-of the-art reviews in the area of effective properties of heterogeneous materials - the classical field at interface of materials science and solid mechanics.

Held in Cambridge, UK, 6-9 September 1998

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

Reanalysis is needed in many areas such as structural optimization, analysis of damaged structures, nonlinear analysis, probabilistic analysis, controlled structures, smart structures and adaptive structures.

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

Composite structures and products have developed tremendously since the publication of the first edition of this work in 1986.

IUTAM Symposium held in Yonezawa, Japan, 20-24 May 2002

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Cracow, Poland, 24-27 September 2002

High-speed impact dynamics is of interest in the fundamental sciences, e.g., astrophysics and space sciences, and has a number of important applications in military technologies, homeland security and engineering.

Integrating macroscopic properties with observations at lower levels, this book details advances in multiscale modelling and analysis pertaining to classes of composites which either have a wider range of relevant microstructural scales, such as metals, or do not have a very well-defined microstructure, e.g.

The papers cover the application of topological design optimization to fluid-solid interaction problems, acoustics problems, and to problems in biomechanics, as well as to other multiphysics problems.

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 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.

The German Research Council (DFG) decided 1987 to establish a nationwide five year research project devoted to dynamics of multibody systems.

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.

The theory of thermoelasticity studies the interaction between thermal and mechan ical fields in elastic bodies. This work is concerned mainly with basic problems of the theory of thermoelasticity. Chapter 1 is concerned mainly with the development of the fundamental equa tions of the theory of thermoelasticity.

Modern fracture mechanics considers phenomena at many levels, macro and micro; As a supplementary text, the book can be used in graduate level courses on fracture mechanics, solid matter physics, and mechanics of solids, or in a special course on the application of fracture mechanics methods in solid matter physics.

Designing new structural materials, extending lifetimes and guarding against fracture in service are among the preoccupations of engineers, and to deal with these they need to have command of the mechanics of material behaviour.

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Cairo, Egypt, 9-12 March 1997

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 Southampton, UK 8-11 July 1997

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 24-27 May 1998

Related void damage criteria including nucleation, growth and coalescence are then discussed in detail: how they are improved, when and where they are used in the model, and how the model performs in comparison with the existing models.

The Boundary Element Method is a simple, efficient and cost effective computational technique which provides numerical solutions - for objects of any shap- for a wide range of scientific and engineering problems.

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