Advances in Applied Mechanics: Volume 36
Academic Press
Published on 29. October 1998
Book
Hardback
265 pages
978-0-12-002036-2 (ISBN)
Description
This highly acclaimed series provides survey articles on the present state and future direction of research in important branches of applied mechanics.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the Series"Authoritative 'state of the art' reviews written by outstanding contributors on the most recent advances in the applied mechanics field."
--JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
"Reading through this latest collection of essays on topics in applied mechanics, one is made to realize once again what a remarkably sound idea the publication of this series of volumes has been."
--NATURE
"This is another in the long line of excellent volumes containing reviews or surveys of active research areas in applied mechanics."
--APPLIED MECHANICS REVIEWS
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Mechanical, chemical, aeronautical, and civil engineers; applied mathematicians; applied physicists who work in the area of fluid dynamics; graduate students in these areas.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-002036-2 (9780120020362)
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Persons
Erik van der Giessen works in the Department of Applied Physics at University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Content
M. Ortiz and R. Phillips, Nanomechanics of Defects in Solids. A.C.F. Cocks and S.P.A. Gill, Modeling Microstructure Evolution in Engineering Materials. W.A. Curtin, Stochastic Damage Evolution and Failure in Fiber-reinforced Composites. Subject and Author Index.