Mechanics Books

New and Published Books

1. High-Speed Precision Motion Control

   Edited by Takashi Yamaguchi, Mitsuo Hirata, Justin Chee Khiang Pang

   Written for researchers and postgraduate students in Control Engineering, as well as professionals in the Hard Disk Drive industry, this book discusses high-precision and fast servo controls in Hard Disk Drives (HDDs). The editors present a number of control algorithms that enable fast seeking and...

   Published December 19th 2011 by CRC Press
2. Engineering Design with Polymers and Composites, Second Edition

   By James C. Gerdeen, PhD, PE, Ronald A.L. Rorrer, PhD, PE

   Engineering Design with Polymers and Composites, Second Edition continues to provide one of the only textbooks on the analysis and design of mechanical components made from polymer materials. It explains how to create polymer materials to meet design specifications. After tracing the history of...

   Published December 18th 2011 by CRC Press
3. Handbook of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Second Edition

   By Andrei D. Polyanin, Valentin F. Zaitsev

   New to the Second Edition More than 1,000 pages with over 1,500 new first-, second-, third-, fourth-, and higher-order nonlinear equations with solutions Parabolic, hyperbolic, elliptic, and other systems of equations with solutions Some exact methods and transformations Symbolic and numerical...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Chapman & Hall
4. Rapid Load Testing on Piles

   Interpretation Guidelines

   By Paul Holscher, Henk Brassinga, Michael Brown, Peter Middendorp, Maarten Profittlich, Frits A. van Tol

   A Rapid Load Test (RLT), developed to determine the initial stiffness and bearing capacity, is an economical and practical alternative to a Static Load Test (SLT). The broad application of RLT, however, was hampered by uncertainty about the interpretation of the test results. This book offers clear...

   Published October 13th 2011 by CRC Press
5. Road Vehicle Dynamics

   Fundamentals and Modeling

   By Georg Rill

   Series: Ground Vehicle Engineering

   In striving for optimal comfort and safety conditions in road vehicles, today’s electronically controlled components provide a range of new options. These are developed and tested using computer simulations in software in the loop or hardware in the loop environments—an advancement that requires...

   Published September 20th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Principles of Composite Material Mechanics, Third Edition

   By Ronald F. Gibson

   Series: Dekker Mechanical Engineering

   Principles of Composite Material Mechanics, Third Edition presents a unique blend of classical and contemporary mechanics of composites technologies. While continuing to cover classical methods, this edition also includes frequent references to current state-of-the-art composites technology and...

   Published September 20th 2011 by CRC Press
7. Fracture Nanomechanics

   By Takayuki Kitamura, Hiroyuki Hirakata, Takashi Sumigawa, Takahiro Shimada

   Small structures of the micro/nanometer scale, such as electronic/optic devices and MEMS/NEMS have been developed, and the size of their elements now approaches the nano/atomic scale. This book discuses the fracture behavior of nano/atomic elements (nanofilms, nanowires, and so on) and focuses on...

   Published September 5th 2011 by Pan Stanford Publishing
8. Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Materials

   Edited by James C. M. Li

   This book concentrates on both understanding and development of nanocrystalline materials. The original relation which connects grain size and strength known as the Hall-Petch relation is studied in the nanometer grain size region. The breakdown of such a relation is a challenge. Why and how to...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Pan Stanford Publishing
9. Modern Techniques in Bridge Engineering

   Proceedings of 6th New York City Bridge Conference, 25-26 July 2011

   Edited by Khaled Mahmoud

   Due to significant economic growth in the last few decades, increasing traffic loads impose tremendous demand on bridge structures. This, coupled with ongoing deterioration of bridges, introduces a unique challenge to bridge engineers in maintaining service of these infrastructure assets...

   Published August 25th 2011 by CRC Press
10. The Finite Element Method for Mechanics of Solids with ANSYS Applications

    By Ellis H. Dill

    Series: Advances in Engineering Series

    While the finite element method (FEM) has become the standard technique used to solve static and dynamic problems associated with structures and machines, ANSYS software has developed into the engineer’s software of choice to model and numerically solve those problems. An invaluable tool to help...

    Published August 24th 2011 by CRC Press