Exploiting the Use of Strong Nonlinearity in Dynamics and Acoustics
This book covers the latest ideas and approaches in strongly nonlinear dynamical and acoustical systems and discusses appropriate modelling tools and practical examples highlighting the non-standard and non-stationary aspects of this challenging, yet so promising area. The contributions investigate and present the intentional use of nonlinearity in the most challenging field of acoustics, the l...
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Physics of Granular Suspensions
This book provides graduate students and scientists with fundamental knowledge on the mechanics of granular suspensions as well as on the mathematical and numerical techniques that can be adopted to investigate geophysical flows. To this end, three formidably complex problems (sediment transport, flow-like landslide inception, and gravity currents) are considered. The reader will find a thoroug...
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Materials and Electro-mechanical and Biomedical Devices Based on Nanofibers
The book is interwoven according to the intrinsic logics of modern most important applications of electrospun nanofibers. It discusses such application-oriented nanofibers as self-healing vascular nanotextured materials, biopolymer nanofibers, soft robots and actuators based on nanofibers, biopolymer nanofiber-based triboelectric nanogenerators, metallized nanofibers, and heaters and sensors ba...
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Electro- and Magneto-Mechanics of Soft Solids Constitutive Modelling, Numerical Implementations, and Instabilities
Focuses on electro- and magneto-mechanics of soft composite materials and structures. Addresses students & researchers working in the field of coupled systems in physics, material science & mechanics. Written by leading experts in the field.
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Discrete Computational Mechanics of Masonry Structures
Presents the fundaments of Graphic Statics, Limit Analysis and the Discrete Element Method. Enables readers to develop their own methods, inspired by classical Graphic Statics & any modern technique. Explains why the mechanical behaviour of masonry structures is so different from modern building materials.
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