Elementary Newtonian Mechanics -- The Principles of Canonical Mechanics -- The Mechanics of Rigid Bodies -- Relativistic Mechanics -- Geometric Aspects of Mechanics -- Stability and Chaos -- Continuous Systems.This updated and revised fourth edition covers all topics in mechanics from elementary Newtonian mechanics, canonical and rigid body mechanics to relativistic mechanics and nonlinear dyna…
Mathematics and mechanics of granular materials -- The incremental response of soils. An investigation using a discrete-element model -- Initial response of a micro-polar hypoplastic material under plane shearing -- Some theoretical results about second-order work, uniqueness, existence and controllability independent of the constitutive equation -- Perturbation solutions for flow through symme…
Physical, Mathematical, and Numerical Principles -- Overview of the Work -- Historical Background -- The Equations of Motion -- The Two- and the Three-Body Problems -- Variational Equations -- Theory of Perturbations -- Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations: Principles and Concepts -- Orbit Determination and Parameter Estimation.G. Beutler's Methods of Celestial Mechanics is a c…
The Pendulum: Its Place in Science, Culture and Pedagogy -- The Pendulum in the 21st Century-Relic or Trendsetter -- The Pendulum: A Paradigm for the Linear Oscillator -- to the Treatment of Non-Linear Effects Using a Gravitational Pendulum -- Experimental Control of Simple Pendulum Model -- Soup-can Pendulum -- What Makes the Foucault Pendulum Move among the Stars? -- Galileo and the Pendulum:…
Equations of State, Initial and Boundary Conditions -- Underwater Explosions, Shock Tubes, and Explosive Sound Sources -- Explosion of Cylindrical and Circular Charges -- Single Bubble, Cumulative Effects and Chemical Reactions -- Shock Waves in Bubbly Media -- Problems of Cavitative Destruction -- Jet Flows at Shallow Underwater Explosions -- Conclusion: Comments on the Models.Hydronamics of E…
the Main Features of Cavitating Flows -- Nuclei and Cavitation -- The Dynamics of Spherical Bubbles -- Bubbles in a Non-Symmetrical Environment -- Further Insights into Bubble Physics -- Supercavitation -- Partial Cavities -- Bubbles and Cavities on Two-Dimensional Foils -- Ventilated Supercavities -- Vortex Cavitation -- Shear Cavitation -- Cavitation Erosion.This book treats cavitation, which…
Elementary Finite Elements -- Nonconforming Finite Elements -- Mixed Finite Elements -- Discontinuous Finite Elements -- Characteristic Finite Elements -- Adaptive Finite Elements -- Solid Mechanics -- Fluid Mechanics -- Fluid Flow in Porous Media -- Semiconductor Modeling.This book serves as a text for one- or two-semester courses for upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students …
Trap Operation Theory -- The Paul Trap -- The Penning Trap -- Other Traps -- Trap Techniques -- Loading of Traps -- Trapped Charged Particle Detection -- Nonclassical States of Trapped Ions -- Quantum States of Motion -- Coherent States for Dynamical Groups -- State Engineering and Reconstruction -- Cooling of Trapped Charged Particles -- Trapped Ion Temperature -- Radiative Cooling -- Buffer G…
Basic concepts of continuum mechanics -- Stress tensor -- Deformation of a continuum -- Governing equations of the linear theory of elasticity -- The constitutive law in the linear theory of elasticity -- Governing relationships in the linear theory of elasticity -- Special problems of the linear theory of elasticity -- Three-dimensional problems in the theory of elasticity -- Saint-Venant’s …
Near-Surface Site Characterization Using Surface Waves -- Surface Wave Testing for Geotechnical Characterization -- Surface Waves in Dissipative Media: Forward and Inverse Modelling -- Waves Propagation Modes: From Simple Systems to Layered Soils -- Elastic modelling of surface waves in single and multicomponent systems -- Modelling of surface waves in poroelastic saturated materials by means o…