A First Look -- Observers -- Translations -- Positions -- Rotations -- Orientations -- Review -- Velocities -- Constraints -- Review -- A Look Ahead.Multibody Mechanics and Visualization is designed to appeal to computer-savvy students who will acquire significant skills in mathematical and physical modelling of mechanical systems in the process of producing attractive computer simulations and …
Interplay between Air and Water -- Stochastic Dynamics of Engineering Systems -- Multibody Dynamics: Bridging for Multidisciplinary Applications -- Rapid Formation of Strong Gradients and Diffusion in the Transport of Scalar and Vector Fields -- Wave-Vortex Interactions in the Atmosphere, and Climate Prediction -- Near-Critical Point Hydrodynamics and Microgravity -- Flaw Tolerant Nanostructure…
Stiffness Basics -- Microcantilevers, Microhinges, Microbridges -- Microsuspensions -- Microtransduction: Actuation and Sensing -- Static Response of Mems -- Microfabrication, Materials, Precision and Scaling.This book offers a comprehensive coverage to the mechanics of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which are analyzed from a mechanical engineer’s viewpoint as devices that transform a…
The notion of quality of a finite element solution -- The constitutive relation error method for linear problems -- Other methods for linear problems -- Principles of the comparison of the various estimators in the linear case -- Mesh adaptation for linear problems -- The constitutive relation error method for nonlinear evolution problems -- The constitutive relation error method in dynamics --…
Bones Have Ears: -- Representative Microstructure Finite Elements for Collagen Gels -- Viscous Effects in Particulates -- Pore Roughness Effects on Highfrequency Permeability -- Influence of High-Frequency Acoustic Waves on the Flow of a Liquid through Porous Material: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation -- Large Strain Analysis of 3-D Viscoelastic Swelling of Charged Tissues and Gels --…
Session 1 -- The Contribution of Accident Investigation Research to Biomechanics -- Modeling the Effects of Blast on the Human Thorax Using High Strain Rate Viscoelastic Properties of Human Tissue -- Preliminary Analysis of Blunt Ballistic Impacts to the Abdomen -- Development of an Assessment Methodology for Lower Leg Injuries Resulting from Anti-Vehicular Blast Landmines -- Occupant Lower Leg…
Bifurcation, Chaos and Control -- Chaotic Clocks: A Paradigm for the Evolution of Noise in Machines -- Explorations into the Nonlinear Dynamics of a Single DOF System Coupled to a Wideband Auto-Parametric Vibration Absorber -- Adaptive Partial Observers with Application to Time-Varying Chaotic Systems -- Nonlinear Dynamics of a Heavy Material Particle along a Circle Which Rotates and Optimal Co…
Fully Developed Turbulent Pipe Flow -- Decay of Disturbances in Turbulent Pipe Flow -- Optimal Characteristic Parameters for the Disturbances in Turbulent Pipe Flow -- Measurement of Velocity and Turbulence Downstream of Flow Conditioners -- Signal Processing of Complex Modulated Ultrasonic Signals -- Vortex-Shedding Flow Metering Using Ultrasound -- Ultrasonic Gas-Flow Measurement Using Correl…
Basic topics -- Jeffcott rotor -- Model with four degrees of freedom: Gyroscopic effect -- Discrete multi-degrees-of-freedom rotors -- Continuous systems: Transmission shafts -- Anisotropy of rotors or supports -- Torsional and axial dynamics -- Rotor-bearings interaction -- Advanced topics -- Anisotropy of rotors and supports -- Nonlinear rotordynamics -- Nonstationary rotordynamics -- Dynamic…
Conservation Equations for Mass and Momentum for Incompressible Flows -- Boundary-Layer Equations for Incompressible Flows -- Two-Dimensional Incompressible Laminar Flows -- Transition in Two-Dimensional Incompressible Flows -- Two-Dimensional Incompressible Turbulent Flows -- Three-Dimensional Incompressible Laminar and Turbulent Flows -- Transition in Three-Dimensional Incompressible Flows --…