Ebook: Integration of Theory and Applications in Applied Mechanics: Choice of papers presented at the First National Mechanics Congress, April 2–4, 1990, Rolduc, Kerkrade, The Netherlands

The Department of Applied Mechanics of the Royal Institution of Engineers in the Netherlands (Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs) organised on April 2-4, 1990 the first National Applied Mechanics Congress about the theme: "Integration of Theory and Applications in Applied Mechanics" The idea behind this initiative was to bring together the Applied Mechanics communities in The Netherlands and Belgium and to create an environment in which new developments in the field could be discussed and in which connections to other disciplines could be established. Among an extensive list of possible subjects the following were selected as congress topics: - non-linear material behaviour, - chaos, - mechatronics, - liquid-solid interactions, - mathematics and applied mechanics, - integration of Applied Mechanics and other disciplines. Applied Mechanics comprises both solid mechanics and fluid mechanics. These can be subdivided further into: rheology, plasticity, theory of plates and shells, theory of elasticity, multibody dynamics, dynamics of continuous media, stability of the elastic equilibrium, etc. Applied Mechanics is of tremendous practical significance and it proves its value almost daily in applications such as the calculation of the strength and stiffness of constructions, like e. g.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Non-Linear Behaviour of Shape Memory Alloys....Pages 1-12
A Damage Mechanics for Composites Materials....Pages 13-24
A Generalized Thermodynamic Approach to Microrheological Modelling....Pages 25-36
Finite Element Modeling of Transport in Porous Media....Pages 37-47
The Application of Continuum Damage Mechanics to Fatigue Failure Mechanisms....Pages 49-63
A Mixture Approach to the Mechanics of the Human Intervertebral Disc....Pages 65-71
Calculation of Flow Induced Residual Stresses in Injection Moulded Products....Pages 73-90
Applied Mechanics and Waste Disposal....Pages 91-101
Deformations of Viscoelastic Layered Rubber Coated on Two Stationary Rolling Cylinders....Pages 103-111
Chaos and Local Buckling of Elastic Structures....Pages 113-124
The Treatment of a Non-Linear Mechanical Problem with Application to Railway Dynamics....Pages 125-150
Localization of the Causes of the Differences between Measured and Calculated Modal Parameters....Pages 151-166
Efficient simulation of a flexible space manipulator arm....Pages 167-191
Design of Controllers for Active Suspension Systems....Pages 193-215
Elastohydrodynamics and Bearings....Pages 217-227
The ISNaS Incompressible Navier-Stokes Solver: design considerations and implications....Pages 229-246
Stable and Unstable Periodic Solutions of Reduced Dynamic Systems with Local Nonlinearities....Pages 247-254
Optimization of Structures Using an Integrated Finite Element Approach....Pages 255-268
A Mixed Geometrically Nonlinear Shell Element....Pages 269-276
A Eulerian Approach to the Finite Element Modelling of neo-Hookean Rubber Material....Pages 277-294
An element-by-element solution algorithm for nonsymmetric linear systems of equations....Pages 295-304
Experimental and numerical Shock loading of a submerged ring stiffened cylinder....Pages 305-313
Entropy Errors in the Numerical Approximation of the Euler Flow along a Kinked Wall....Pages 315-328
Decay of coherent structures in damped Hamiltonian systems....Pages 329-340

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Non-Linear Behaviour of Shape Memory Alloys....Pages 1-12
A Damage Mechanics for Composites Materials....Pages 13-24
A Generalized Thermodynamic Approach to Microrheological Modelling....Pages 25-36
Finite Element Modeling of Transport in Porous Media....Pages 37-47
The Application of Continuum Damage Mechanics to Fatigue Failure Mechanisms....Pages 49-63
A Mixture Approach to the Mechanics of the Human Intervertebral Disc....Pages 65-71
Calculation of Flow Induced Residual Stresses in Injection Moulded Products....Pages 73-90
Applied Mechanics and Waste Disposal....Pages 91-101
Deformations of Viscoelastic Layered Rubber Coated on Two Stationary Rolling Cylinders....Pages 103-111
Chaos and Local Buckling of Elastic Structures....Pages 113-124
The Treatment of a Non-Linear Mechanical Problem with Application to Railway Dynamics....Pages 125-150
Localization of the Causes of the Differences between Measured and Calculated Modal Parameters....Pages 151-166
Efficient simulation of a flexible space manipulator arm....Pages 167-191
Design of Controllers for Active Suspension Systems....Pages 193-215
Elastohydrodynamics and Bearings....Pages 217-227
The ISNaS Incompressible Navier-Stokes Solver: design considerations and implications....Pages 229-246
Stable and Unstable Periodic Solutions of Reduced Dynamic Systems with Local Nonlinearities....Pages 247-254
Optimization of Structures Using an Integrated Finite Element Approach....Pages 255-268
A Mixed Geometrically Nonlinear Shell Element....Pages 269-276
A Eulerian Approach to the Finite Element Modelling of neo-Hookean Rubber Material....Pages 277-294
An element-by-element solution algorithm for nonsymmetric linear systems of equations....Pages 295-304
Experimental and numerical Shock loading of a submerged ring stiffened cylinder....Pages 305-313
Entropy Errors in the Numerical Approximation of the Euler Flow along a Kinked Wall....Pages 315-328
Decay of coherent structures in damped Hamiltonian systems....Pages 329-340
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