Assessment of characteristic shear strength parameters of soil and its implication in geotechnical design -- Ambiguity of safety definition in geotechnical models -- The fuzziness and sensitivity of failure probabilities -- The mathematics of uncertainty: models, methods and interpretations -- Multi-parameter models: rules and computational methods for combining uncertainties -- Sensitivity ana…
Physics of Unsteady Flows -- The Differential Equations of Fluid Flow -- Panel Methods -- Applications of Panel Method -- Boundary-Layer Methods -- Applications of Boundary-Layer Methods: Flows Without Separation -- Applications of Boundary-Layer Methods: Flows with Separation -- Navier-Stokes Methods -- Applications of Navier-Stokes Methods -- Companion Computer Programs.This book provides an …
Nonlinear Electroelasticity for Strong Fields -- Linear Piezoelectricity for Infinitesimal Fields -- Static Problems -- Vibrations of Finite Bodies -- Waves in Unbounded Regions -- Linear Equations for Small Fields Superposed on Finite Biasing Fields -- Cubic and Other Effects -- Piezoelectric Devices.This volume is intended to provide researchers and graduate students with the basic aspects of…
Fundamentals of Anisotropic Elasticity and Analytical Methodologies -- Anisotropic Materials -- Plane Deformation Analysis -- Solution Methodologies -- Foundations of Anisotropic Beam Analysis -- Beams of General Anisotropy -- Homogeneous, Uncoupled Monoclinic Beams -- Non-Homogeneous Plane and Beam Analysis -- Solid Coupled Monoclinic Beams -- Thin-Walled Coupled Monoclinic Beams -- Program De…
1. Seismic Capacity Reduction Factors for a RC Beam and two RC Columns -- 2. Characterization of the wave field around an existing end-supported pontoon bridge from simulated data -- 3. Prediction the Seismic Demands of Tall Buildings Using An Adaptive Force-based Multi-mode Pushover Analysis -- 4. Ambient vibration testing of a 3-storey substandard RC building at different levels of structural…
Dedication -- Present use of Geofoam -- Expanded Polystyrene -- Material properties and modeling -- Design specifications -- Construction applications -- New concepts and special topics.These proceedings of the EPS 2018: 5th International Conference on Geofoam Blocks in Construction Applications, held in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus on May 9 to 11, 2018, present a collection of contributions on the…
Contact Mechanics -- Atomic Force Microscopy at Ultrasonic Frequencies -- Indentation Size Effect on the Hardness of Zirconia Polycrystals -- Indentation Fracture, Acoustic Emission and Modelling of the Mechanical Properties of Thin Ceramic Coatings -- Nanoindentation, Nanoscratch and Nanoimpact Testing of Silicon-Based Materials with Nanostructured Surfaces -- Microstructural Control of Indent…
Mathematical Preliminaries -- Elasticity Problems -- Elastoplastic Problems -- Sensitivity Analysis for Some Composites -- Fracture and Fatigue Models for Composites -- Reliability Analysis -- Multiresolutional Wavelet Analysis.Composite materials play a vital role in modern engineering from aerospace to nuclear devices. Computational mechanics endeavours to provide precise numerical models of …
Classification of Composites -- Preliminaries on Stress/Strain -- Composite Stress and Geometry -- Composite Stiffness and Geometry -- Composite Eigenstrain/Stress -- Quantification of Geometry -- Composite Theory — Elasticity -- Composite Theory — Conductivity -- Simplified Composite Theory — Elasticity -- Simplified Composite Theory — Conductivity -- Diagnostic Aspects of Theory -- As…
Microstructural Properties -- Precipitation of Disordered Ni-X Solid Solution Phases in Off-Stoichiometric Ordered Ni3X Alloys -- An Atomic Scale Study of The Physical Properties of Delta Plutonium and Pu:Al Alloys -- Ab Initio Thermodynamic and Structural Studies of Cationic Disordered MgAl2O4 Spinel -- Computer Simulation of Molten and Glassy Silica and its Mixtures with Sodium Oxide and Alum…