Applied Mechanics of Solids - 2 VOL SET
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 16. April 2026
Book
1274 pages
978-1-041-23720-4 (ISBN)
Description
Applied Mechanics of Solids:The second edition of Applied Mechanics of Solids provides a concise description of all the concepts needed to predict how solid materials deform and fail under stress. With its companion volume of solved example problems, it is an invaluable class textbook or reference for personal study or review.
With the aid of computer simulations, design engineers can predict stresses, deformation, and failure in structural, mechanical, and bio-mechanical components with a few keystrokes. But simulations are built on sophisticated mathematics, physics, and numerical methods, and always involve some judicious approximations. Engineers need a thorough grasp of these concepts to know how to set up their simulations correctly and to interpret their predictions. This book contains all the theory they need to make the best use of their simulations.
Solved Problems in Mechanics of Solids:The best way to learn the physical sciences and mathematics is to dive in and start solving problems. With this in mind, Solved Problems in Mechanics of Solids offers a large number of example problems that are designed to help students and practicing engineers learn to predict stresses and deformation in solids that are subjected to mechanical or thermal loading. The book will also be useful for instructors who are looking for worked examples to use in lectures or assignments. The book is intended to be used as a companion volume to A.F. Bower's "Applied Mechanics of Solids," 2nd ed. CRC press, Boca Raton FL (2025). The chapter headings and sub-sections are identical in both volumes, and every topic covered in the main text has a set of relevant worked examples in this book.
The problem sets and their solutions cover background mathematics; the physical and mathematical laws that govern deformation in solids; models of material behavior; solutions to boundary value problems using classical methods of analysis; finite element analysis (including a set of tutorial style problems that can be solved with the 'learning edition' of the commercial finite element code ABAQUS (R)); finite element coding; fracture mechanics and failure analysis; as well as structural theories of rods, plates and shells.
With the aid of computer simulations, design engineers can predict stresses, deformation, and failure in structural, mechanical, and bio-mechanical components with a few keystrokes. But simulations are built on sophisticated mathematics, physics, and numerical methods, and always involve some judicious approximations. Engineers need a thorough grasp of these concepts to know how to set up their simulations correctly and to interpret their predictions. This book contains all the theory they need to make the best use of their simulations.
Solved Problems in Mechanics of Solids:The best way to learn the physical sciences and mathematics is to dive in and start solving problems. With this in mind, Solved Problems in Mechanics of Solids offers a large number of example problems that are designed to help students and practicing engineers learn to predict stresses and deformation in solids that are subjected to mechanical or thermal loading. The book will also be useful for instructors who are looking for worked examples to use in lectures or assignments. The book is intended to be used as a companion volume to A.F. Bower's "Applied Mechanics of Solids," 2nd ed. CRC press, Boca Raton FL (2025). The chapter headings and sub-sections are identical in both volumes, and every topic covered in the main text has a set of relevant worked examples in this book.
The problem sets and their solutions cover background mathematics; the physical and mathematical laws that govern deformation in solids; models of material behavior; solutions to boundary value problems using classical methods of analysis; finite element analysis (including a set of tutorial style problems that can be solved with the 'learning edition' of the commercial finite element code ABAQUS (R)); finite element coding; fracture mechanics and failure analysis; as well as structural theories of rods, plates and shells.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Illustrations
923 s/w Zeichnungen, 57 s/w Tabellen, 923 s/w Abbildungen
57 Tables, black and white; 923 Line drawings, black and white; 923 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
2520 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-041-23720-4 (9781041237204)
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Person
Allan F. Bower is emeritus professor of engineering at Brown University, where he taught in the undergraduate mechanical engineering program and the graduate program in mechanics of solids. His research interests were in solid mechanics, and included topics such as the strength of contacting surfaces; thin films for microelectronics; metal forming; and the mechanical behavior of energy storage materials. He also enjoyed working with Brown's talented students in a broad range of engineering courses, and was the recipient of various teaching awards, including Brown's Royce family professorship in teaching excellence.
Content
Applied Mechanics of Solid
1 Overview of Solid Mechanics 2 Governing Equations 3 Constitutive Equations: Relations between Stress and Strain 4 Simple Boundary and Initial Value Problems for Elastic Solids 5 Solutions for Linear Elastic Solids 6 Solutions for Elastic-Plastic Solids 7 Finite Element Analysis: An Introduction 8 Finite Element Analysis: Theory and Implementation 9 Modeling Failure 10 Solutions for Rods, Beams, Membranes, Plates and Shells
Solved Problems in Mechanics of Solids
1 Objectives and Methods of Solid Mechanics 2 Governing Equations 3 Constitutive Models: Relations between Stress and Strain 4 Simple Boundary Value and Initial Value Problems for Elastic Solids 5 Solutions for Linear Elastic Solids 6 Solutions for Elastic-Plastic Solids 7 Introduction to Finite Element Analysis 8 Theory and Implementation of the Finite Element Method 9 Modeling Material Failure 10 Approximate Theories for Solids with Special Shapes: Rods, Beams, Membranes, Plates and Shells
1 Overview of Solid Mechanics 2 Governing Equations 3 Constitutive Equations: Relations between Stress and Strain 4 Simple Boundary and Initial Value Problems for Elastic Solids 5 Solutions for Linear Elastic Solids 6 Solutions for Elastic-Plastic Solids 7 Finite Element Analysis: An Introduction 8 Finite Element Analysis: Theory and Implementation 9 Modeling Failure 10 Solutions for Rods, Beams, Membranes, Plates and Shells
Solved Problems in Mechanics of Solids
1 Objectives and Methods of Solid Mechanics 2 Governing Equations 3 Constitutive Models: Relations between Stress and Strain 4 Simple Boundary Value and Initial Value Problems for Elastic Solids 5 Solutions for Linear Elastic Solids 6 Solutions for Elastic-Plastic Solids 7 Introduction to Finite Element Analysis 8 Theory and Implementation of the Finite Element Method 9 Modeling Material Failure 10 Approximate Theories for Solids with Special Shapes: Rods, Beams, Membranes, Plates and Shells