Advances in Applied Mechanics
Academic Press
Published on 2. February 1977
433 pages
978-0-08-056394-7 (ISBN)
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Advances in Applied Mechanics
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Yih Chia-Shun
Advances in Applied Mechanics: v. 16
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12/1976
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Content
- Front Cover
- Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 16
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- G. I. Taylor as I Knew Him
- Chapter 1. Interaction of Water Waves and Currents
- I. Introduction
- II. Large-Scale Currents
- III. Small-Scale Currents
- IV. Currents Varying with Depth
- V. Turbulence
- VI. Ship Waves
- References
- Chapter 2. Generation of Magnetic Fields by Fluid Motion
- I. Introduction
- II. Magnetokinematic Preliminaries
- III. Convection, Distortion, and Diffusion of B Lines
- IV. Some Basic Results
- V. The Mean Electromotive Force Generated by a Random Velocity Field
- VI. Braginskii's Theory of Nearly Axisymmetric Fields
- VII. Analytical and Numerical Solutions of the Dynamo Equations
- VIII. Dynamic Effects and Self-Equilibration
- References
- Chapter 3. The Theory of Optimal Load Transmission by Flexure
- I. Introduction
- II. Static-Kinematic Optimelity Criteria-Plastic Design
- III. General Optimality Criteria-Elastic Design
- IV. Optimal Flexure Fields-Basic Geometrical Properties
- V. Optimal Flexure Fields-Clamped Boundaries
- VI. Optimal Flexure Fields-Mixed Boundary Conditions
- VII. Optimal Flexure Fields-Further Developments
- VIII. Optimal Flexure Fields of Constrained Geometry
- List of Symbols
- References
- Chapter 4. The Role of Experiment in the Development of Solid Mechanics-Some Examples
- I. Introduction
- II. Viscoelastic Behavior
- III. Experimental Determination of Viscoelastic Response
- IV. Tensile Shock Waves in Rubber
- V. Plastic Wave Propagation
- VI. Experimental Studies in Dynamic Fracture
- VII. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5. Instability of Surface and Internal Waves
- I. General Introduction
- II. Instability of Surface Waves
- III. Instability of Internal Waves
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
