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This book covers different topics of nonlinear mechanics in complex
structures, such as the appearance of new nonlinear phenomena and
the behavior of finite-dimensional and distributed nonlinear
systems, including numerous systems directly connected with
important technological problems.
This book commemorates the 75th birthday of Prof. George Jaiani -
Georgia's leading expert on shell theory. He is also well known
outside Georgia for his individual approach to shell theory
research and as an organizer of meetings, conferences and schools
in the field. The collection of papers presented includes articles
by scientists from various countries discussing the state of the
art and new trends in the theory of shells, plates, and beams.
Chapter 20 is available open access under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
This book gathers papers presented at the international workshop
PMSDAM'19. The respective contributions offer valuable insights for
researchers working on numerical solutions to advanced materials
problems. The problems concerning the remineralization of teeth are
considered. Of particular interest are articles exploring topics at
the interface of different disciplines.
This book provides an update on recent advances in various areas of
modern engineering design, such as mechanical, materials, computer,
and process engineering, which provide the foundation for the
development of improved structures, materials, and processes. The
modern design cycle is characterized by the interaction of
different disciplines and a strong shift toward computer-based
approaches involving only a small number of experiments for
verification purposes. A major driver for this development is the
increased demand for cost reduction, which is also connected to
environmental demands. In the transportation industry (e.g.
automotive or aerospace), where there is a demand for greater fuel
efficiency, one solution is lighter structures and/or improved
processes for energy conversion. Another emerging area is the
interaction of classical engineering with the health and medical
sector.
This book offers a snapshot of recent developments in improving the
properties and performance of engineering materials and structures.
It discusses modeling properties related to classical mechanical,
thermal, electrical and optical fields as well as those related to
surface-specific quantities (e.g. roughness, wear and modifications
due to surface coatings). The material types presented range from
classical metals and synthetic materials to composites.
Competitiveness due to cost efficiency (e.g. lighter structures and
the corresponding fuel savings for transportation systems) and
sustainability (e.g. recyclability or reusability) are the driving
factors for engineering developments. The outcomes of these efforts
are difficult to be accurately monitored due to the ongoing
evaluation cycles.
This book presents studies on the plasticity, failure, and damage
behavior of materials and structures under monotonic and cyclic
loads. Featuring contributions by leading authors from around the
globe, it focuses on the description of new effects observed in
experiments, such as damage under cyclic loading. It also proposes
various simulation models based on different approaches and
compares them with tests, taking scaling aspects into account.
This book presents the latest advances in mechanical and materials
engineering applied to the machining, joining and modification of
modern engineering materials. The contributions cover the classical
fields of casting, forming and injection moulding as representative
manufacturing methods, whereas additive manufacturing methods
(rapid prototyping and laser sintering) are treated as more
innovative and recent technologies that are paving the way for the
manufacturing of shapes and features that traditional methods are
unable to deliver. The book also explores water jet cutting as an
innovative cutting technology that avoids the heat build-up typical
of classical mechanical cutting. It introduces readers to laser
cutting as an alternative technology for the separation of
materials, and to classical bonding and friction stir welding
approaches in the context of joining technologies. In many cases,
forming and machining technologies require additional
post-treatment to achieve the required level of surface quality or
to furnish a protective layer. Accordingly, sections on laser
treatment, shot peening and the production of protective layers
round out the book's coverage.
This book presents selected papers presented at the 8th
International Conference "Design, Modeling and Experiments of
Advanced Structures and Systems" (DeMEASS VIII, held in Moscow,
Russia in May 2017) and reflects the modern state of sciences in
this field. The contributions contain topics like Piezoelectric,
Ferroelectric, Ferroelastic and Magnetostrictive Materials, Shape
Memory Alloys and Active Polymers, Functionally Graded Materials,
Multi-Functional Smart Materials and Structures, Coupled
Multi-Field Problems, Design and Modeling of Sensors and Actuators,
Adaptive Structures.
This book presents a collection of contributions on the advanced
mechanics of materials and mechanics of structures approaches,
written in honor of Professor Kienzler. It covers various topics
related to constitutive models for advanced materials, recent
developments in mechanics of configuration forces, as well as new
approaches to the efficient modeling and analysis of engineering
structures.
The book celebrates the 65th birthday of Prof. Alexander K.
Belyaev-a well-known expert in the field of Dynamics of Mechanical
Systems. In addition to reflecting Prof. Belyaev's contributions,
the papers gathered here address a range of current problems in
Dynamics and Continuum Mechanics. All contributions were prepared
by his friends and colleagues, and chiefly focus on theory and
applications.
This book discusses several mechanical and material problems that
are typical for gas turbine components. It discusses accelerated
tests and other methods for increasing the reliability of gas
turbine engines. Special attention is given to non-traditional
methods for calculating the strength characteristics and longevity
of the main components. This first volume focuses on the selection
of materials, deformation and destruction mechanisms in connection
with stationary and non-stationary loading, and types of material
damage such as the thermal fatigue. Particular attention is paid to
the issues of the properties of single crystal alloys, the
relationship between structure and properties, the influence of
technological factors and long-term operation. The characteristics
of creep resistance, crack resistance, and resistance to cyclic
deformation of different alloys are given.
This book commemorates the 80th birthday of Prof. W.
Pietraszkiewicz, a prominent specialist in the field of general
shell theory. Reflecting Prof. Pietraszkiewicz's focus, the
respective papers address a range of current problems in the theory
of shells. In addition, they present other structural mechanics
problems involving dimension-reduced models. Lastly, several
applications are discussed, including material models for such
dimension-reduced structures.
This collection of recent activities provides researchers and
scientists with the latest trends in characterization and
developments of composed materials and structures. Here, the
expression 'composed materials' indicates a wider range than the
expression 'composite material' which is many times limited to
classical fibre reinforced plastics. The idea of composed
structures and materials is to join different components in order
to obtain in total better properties than one of the single
constituents can provide. In this collection, well known experts
present their research on composed materials such as textile
composites, sandwich plates, hollow sphere structures, reinforced
concrete as well as classical fibre reinforced materials.
The idea of this monograph is to present the latest results related
to design and analysis of materials and engineering structures. The
contributions cover the field of mechanical and civil engineering,
ranging from automotive to dam design, transmission towers and up
to machine design and exmaples taken from oil industry. Well known
experts present their research on damage and fracture of material
and structures, materials modelling and evaluation up to image
processing and visualization for advanced analyses and evaluation
The idea of this monograph is to present the latest results related
to design and computation of engineering materials and structures.
The contributions cover the classical fields of mechanical, civil
and materials engineering up to biomechanics and advanced materials
processing and optimization. The materials and structures covered
can be categorized into modern steels and titanium alloys,
composite materials, biological and natural materials, material
hybrids and modern joining technologies. Analytical modelling,
numerical simulation, the application of state-of-the-art design
tools and sophisticated experimental techniques are applied to
characterize the performance of materials and to design and
optimize structures in different fields of engineering
applications.
This volume highlights the latest developments and trends in
advanced materials and their properties, the modeling and
simulation of non-classical materials and structures, and new
technologies for joining materials. It presents the developments of
advanced materials and respective tools to characterize and predict
the material properties and behavior.
This monograph presents the latest developments and applications of
computational tools related to the biosciences and medical
engineering. Computational tools such as the finite element
methods, computer-aided design and optimization as well as
visualization techniques such as computed axial tomography open
completely new research fields with a closer joining of the
engineering and bio/medical area. Nevertheless, there are still
hurdles since both directions are based on quite different ways of
education. Often even the "language" is sometimes different from
discipline to discipline. This monograph reports the results of
different multi-disciplinary research projects, for example, from
the areas of scaffolds and synthetic bones, implants and medical
devices and medical materials. It is also shown that the
application of computational methods often necessitates
mathematical and experimental methods.
This book summarizes the actual state of the art and future trends
of surface effects in solid mechanics. Surface effects are more and
more important in the precise description of the behavior of
advanced materials. One of the reasons for this is the well-known
from the experiments fact that the mechanical properties are
significantly influenced if the structural size is very small like,
for example, nanostructures. In this book, various authors study
the influence of surface effects in the elasticity, plasticity,
viscoelasticity. In addition, the authors discuss all important
different approaches to model such effects. These are based on
various theoretical frameworks such as continuum theories or
molecular modeling. The book also presents applications of the
modeling approaches.
This monograph presents the latest results related to
bio-mechanical systems and materials. The bio-mechanical systems
with which his book is concerned are prostheses, implants, medical
operation robots and muscular re-training systems. To characterize
and design such systems, a multi-disciplinary approach is required
which involves the classical disciplines of mechanical/materials
engineering and biology and medicine. The challenge in such an
approach is that views, concepts or even language are sometimes
different from discipline to discipline and the interaction and
communication of the scientists must be first developed and
adjusted. Within the context of materials' science, the book covers
the interaction of materials with mechanical systems, their
description as a mechanical system or their mechanical properties.
The book covers the state-of-the-art treatment in modelling and
experimental investigation of the mechanical behaviour of cellular
and porous materials. Starting from the continuum mechanical
modelling, to the numerical simulation, several important questions
related to applications such as the fracture and impact behaviour
are covered.
This book provides an overview of the current of the state of the
art in the multiscale mechanics of solids and structures. It
comprehensively discusses new materials, including theoretical and
experimental investigations their durability and strength, as well
as fractures and damage
This book shows impressively how complex mathematical modeling of
materials can be applied to technological problems. Top-class
researchers present the theoretical approaches in modern mechanics
and apply them to real-world problems in solid mechanics, creep,
plasticity, fracture, impact, and friction. They show how they can
be applied to technological challenges in various fields like
aerospace technology, biological sciences and modern engineering
materials.
This book presents studies on the inelastic behavior of materials
and structures under monotonic and cyclic loads. It focuses on the
description of new effects like purely thermal cycles or cases of
non-trivial damages. The various models are based on different
approaches and methods and scaling aspects are taken into account.
In addition to purely phenomenological models, the book also
presents mechanisms-based approaches. It includes contributions
written by leading authors from a host of different countries.
This collection of recent activities provides researchers and
scientists with the latest trends in characterization and
developments of biosystems and biomaterials. Well known experts
present their research in materials for drug delivery, dental
implants and filling materials, biocompatible membranes, bioactive
surface coatings and bio-compatible and eco-sustainable building
materials. In The book covers also topics like microorganisms, the
human eye, the musculoskeletal system and human body parts.
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