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The book presents a new approach for the solution of geomechanical problems - it explicitly takes into account deformation and fracture in time, which are neglected in classical methods although these properties create important effects. The method reveals the influence of the form of a structure on its ultimate state. It uses the rheological law which accounts for large strains at a non-linear unsteady creep, an influence of a stress state type, an initial anisotropy and damage. The whole approach takes into account five types of non-linearity (physical as well as geometrical ones) and contains several new ideas. For example, it considers the fracture as a process, the difference between the body and an element of the material which only deforms and fails because it is in the structure, the simplicity of some non-linear computations against the consequent linear ones, the dependence of the maximum small strain in dangerous poins of the body only on the material. Professor Elsoufiev included many new solutions of non-linear geotechnical problems to this second edition. .

Soil mechanics --- Strength of materials --- Mathematical models. --- Engineering. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Computational intelligence. --- Continuum mechanics. --- Structural mechanics. --- Structural Mechanics. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. --- Architectural engineering --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural mechanics --- Structures, Theory of --- Structural engineering --- Mechanics of continua --- Elasticity --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Field theory (Physics) --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Materials, Strength of --- Resistance of materials --- Building materials --- Flexure --- Mechanics --- Testing --- Graphic statics --- Strains and stresses

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Non Destructive Testing and Non Destructive Evaluation using Ultrasounds covers an important field of applications and requires a wide range of fundamental theoretical, numerical and experimental investigations. In the present volume, the reader will find some relevant research results on wave propagation in complex materials and structures which are concerned with today’s problems on composites, bonding, guided waves, contact or damage, imaging and structural noise. The fifth meeting of the Anglo-French Research Group on "Wave propagation in non homogeneous media with a view to Non Destructive Testing", where all these results were presented, was held in Anglet, France, June 2-6, 2008.

Ultrasonic testing -- Congresses. --- Ultrasonic waves -- Congresses. --- Ultrasound. --- Ultrasonic waves --- Ultrasonic testing --- Acoustics & Sound --- Materials Science --- Physics --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Inhomogeneous materials --- Nondestructive testing --- Heterogeneous materials --- Inhomogeneous media --- Media, Inhomogeneous --- Supersonic waves --- Waves, Ultrasonic --- Engineering. --- Acoustics. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Structural mechanics. --- Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. --- Structural Mechanics. --- Materials --- Matter --- Sound-waves --- Ultrasonics

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To determine most exactly the carrying capacity of a structure or a structural element has always been a major concern to any design engineer. For safety sensitive structures this implies not only situations of normal service conditions but also states near to failure or post-critical states in order to better prevent accidents by appropriate design. Among the rational design tools available to engineers, for this purpose the so-called "direct methods", embracing in particular limit- and shakedown analysis, have always been particularly attractive due to the fact that they allow to determine in a constructive way directly the limit loads of a structure. This holds true for simple loading by proportionally applied mechanical and thermal loads, but also for the more complicated situation of variable loading even in the case when the loading history is not deterministically given. The tremendous progress in computation over the last years has contributed very largely to the development of direct methods. They have left the realm of ad-hoc computing and can be used today for post-processing in combination with commercial design tools. Far from being comprehensive, given this very active field of scientific research and development, the papers presented in this book give an account of some of the most advanced results achieved over the last years by leading scientists in the field. This way, the book is meant to help the practical engineer to choose the right tool for his safety analysis of critical structures and to stimulate researchers to enter this most interesting field, reaching from highly abstract concepts up to the essential questions of practical engineering.

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Polymer chains that interact with themselves and/or with their environment are fascinating objects, displaying a range of interesting physical and chemical phenomena. The focus in this monograph is on the mathematical description of some of these phenomena, with particular emphasis on phase transitions as a function of interaction parameters, associated critical behavior and space-time scaling. Topics include: self-repellent polymers, self-attracting polymers, polymers interacting with interfaces, charged polymers, copolymers near linear or random selective interfaces, polymers interacting with random substrate and directed polymers in random environment. Different techniques are exposed, including the method of local times, large deviations, the lace expansion, generating functions, the method of excursions, ergodic theory, partial annealing estimates, coarse-graining techniques and martingales. Thus, this monograph offers a mathematical panorama of polymer chains, which even today holds plenty of challenges.

Organic Chemistry --- Chemistry --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Copolymers --- Polymers --- Mathematical models --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Polymers and polymerization --- Mathematics. --- Probabilities. --- Statistics. --- Structural mechanics. --- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. --- Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. --- Structural Mechanics. --- Architectural engineering --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural mechanics --- Structures, Theory of --- Structural engineering --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical methods --- Statistical science --- Mathematics --- Econometrics --- Probability --- Statistical inference --- Combinations --- Chance --- Least squares --- Mathematical statistics --- Risk --- Math --- Science --- Macromolecules --- Distribution (Probability theory. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Distribution functions --- Frequency distribution --- Characteristic functions --- Probabilities --- Statistics .

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In this book, the four authors show us the condensed experience how to design ship hull structures from a practical viewpoint. In three parts, the book presents the fundamentals, the theory and the application of structural design of hulls. The topics are treated comprehensively with an emphasis on how to achieve reliable and efficient ship structures. The authors have in particular introduced their experiences with the rapid increase of ship sizes as well as the introduction of ship types with a high degree of specialization. The associated early failures of these "new" structures have been analyzed to provide the readers with illustrations why structural design needs to be carried out on several levels in order to ensure that correct loading is applied and that local structural behaviour in properly understood.

Hulls (Naval architecture) --Design and construction. --- Hulls (Naval architecture) --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Naval Architecture --- Civil Engineering --- Design and construction --- Naval architecture. --- Design and construction. --- Architecture, Naval --- Marine architecture --- Ships --- Engineering. --- Structural mechanics. --- Engineering design. --- Engineering Design. --- Structural Mechanics. --- Architecture --- Shipbuilding --- Naval architecture --- Shipfitting --- Nautical influences --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Design