* Explains the physical meaning of linear and nonlinear structural mechanics.
* Shows how to perform nonlinear structural analysis.
* Points out important nonlinear structural dynamics behaviors.
* Provides ready-to-use governing equations.
Tabella dei contenuti
PREFACE xv
1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 ELASTl Cl TY 65
3 STRINGS AND CABLES 111
4 BEAMS 171
5 DYNAMICS OF BEAMS 267
6 SURFACE ANALYSIS 355
7 PLATES 371
8 DYNAMl CS OF PLATES 469
9 SHELLS 559
BIBLIOGRAPHY 654
SUBJECT INDEX 732
Circa l’autore
ALI H. NAYFEH received his BS in engineering science and his MS and Ph D in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University. He holds honorary doctorates from Marine Technical University, Russia, Technical University of Munich, Germany, and Politechnika Szczecinska, Poland. He is currently University Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is the Editor of the Wiley Series in Nonlinear Science and Editor in Chief of Nonlinear Dynamics and the Journal of Vibration and Control.
PERNGJIN FRANK PAI received his Ph D in engineering mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is the C. W. La Pierre Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His research concentrates on highly flexible deployable/inflatable structures, structural damage detection, and nonlinear finite elements (www.missouri.edu/~maepai).
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