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Structural Mechanics covers three different aspects of modern engineering: the foundation of structural mechanics, the solution to urgent industrial problems, and the reconstruction of major accidents. This book offers six case studies that teach how to identify the most important phase of the collapse or fracture of a complex system, develop a simple mathematically tractable model, and offer a discussion of the analytical and numerical solutions. This book originated from the lecture notes of Professor Tomasz Wierzbicki who taught at MIT and Stanford University. The notes were amended and improved many times over the years to provide a link between rigorous theoretical foundations with solutions to important engineering problems. The book discusses complex man-made structures under accidental impact or explosive loads, resulting in the loss of life and/or extensive property, infrastructural, and environmental damage. The book deals with reconstructing the sequence of events of such accidents from the structural point of view. The book is not restricted to the accident reconstruction only - concepts and solutions of the elasticity, advance plasticity and ductile fracture were used throughout the reconstruction of the accidents. The additional 17 lectures provide theoretical foundations for the elastic structures, plastic plates and shells, and ductile fracture. Not only is this an essential textbook for graduate students studying structural mechanics, it is also relevant to industry professionals, researchers, and academics in the field of engineering.

Table of Contents:
Part I From Continuum Mechanics to Elastic Structures Lecture 1: The concept of strain Lecture 2: The Concept of Stress, Generalized Stresses and Equilibrium Lecture 3: Development of Constitutive Equations of Continuum, Beams and Plates Lecture 4: Solution Method for Beam Deflections Lecture 5: Moderately Large Deflection Theory of Beams Lecture 6: Bending Response of Plates and Optimum Design Lecture 7: Energy Methods in Elasticity Lecture 8: Stability of Elastic Structures Lecture 9: Advanced Topic in Column Buckling Lecture 10: Buckling of Plates and Sections Part II Plastic Analysis of Plates and Shells, and Ductile Fracture Lecture 11: Fundamental concepts in plasticity Lecture 12: Von Mises yield condition Lecture 13: Tresca yield condition Lecture 14: Yield condition in generalized stresses Lecture 15: Principle of virtual velocity and Limit Analysis Lecture 16: Fundamental concepts of ductile fracture Lecture 17: Fracture Calibration and Experimental Validation Part III Dynamic Loading and Failure of Structures Lecture 18: Space Shuttle Challenger mid-air break-up (1986) Lecture 19: Denting Analysis of Short Tubular Members Lecture 20: Buckle Propagation In Undersea Pipelines (1987) Lecture 21: Grounding Damage of Exxon Valdez (1989) Lecture 22: Airplane Wing Cutting Into Twin Tower External Columns(2003) Lecture 23: Fracture And Collapse of the BP Horizon Oil Rig (2010) Lecture 24: Road Debris Impact on EV Battery Pack (2014) Appendix


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781040254141
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1040254144
  • Publisher Date: 23 Dec 2024
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: Bridging Theoretical Foundations and Real-World Disasters


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