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This book covers research from modern directions in solid mechanics, in particular, in the fields of mechanics of composite materials, fracture mechanics, strength of materials and structures, thermo …

This book provides an in-depth account of the fascinating but far from simple actions and processes that take place when a brass instrument is played. Written by three leading researchers in brass in …

This book describes the historical development of the principle of stationary action from  the 17th to the 20th centuries. Reference is made to the most important contributors to this topic, in …

This book explores the fascinating and intimate relationship between music and physics. Over millennia,  the playing of, and listening to music have stimulated creativity and curiosity in people …

This book provides selected papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Mechanics of Solids, held in Porto, Portugal, November 3-4, 2022. The book focuses on the mechanics of deformable …

Experts of fluid dynamics agree that turbulence is nonlinear and nonlocal. Because of a direct correspondence, nonlocality also implies fractionality. Fractional dynamics is the physics related to fr …

This book offers a current state of the art in analysis and modeling of creep phenomena with applications to the structural mechanics. It presents the some presentations from the IUTAM-Symposium seri …

This book gathers selected contributions of the 7th international conference on structural adhesive bonding AB 2023, held in Porto, Portugal, July 13–14, 2023. The book provides the latest trends and …

This book highlights an analytical solution for the dynamics of axially symmetric rotating objects. It also presents the theory of gyroscopic effects, explaining their physics and using mathematical …

The book is devoted to the retirement of Prof. Wilfried Becker—a liber amicorum for a well-known specialist in the field of structural mechanics. Many excellent scientists from institutions around th …