Nonsmooth Dynamics of Contacting Thermoelastic Bodies (Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics, 16) - Softcover

Awrejcewicz, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441918809 ISBN 13: 9781441918802

Publisher: Springer, 2010

Synopsis

This intensive study in contact mechanics explores the nonsmooth dynamics of contacting bodies. Mathematical modeling is illustrated and discussed in numerous applications, and special attention is paid to the importance of the inertia factor.

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From the Back Cover:

This work is devoted to an intensive study in contact mechanics, treating the nonsmooth dynamics of contacting bodies. Mathematical modeling is illustrated and discussed in numerous examples of engineering objects working in different kinematic and dynamic environments.

Topics covered in five self-contained chapters examine non-steady dynamic phenomena which are determined by key factors: i.e., heat conduction, thermal stresses, and the amount of wearing. New to this monograph is the importance of the inertia factor, which is considered on par with thermal stresses.

Principal features:

* Unique monograph to address the topic of dynamic contact problems in thermoelasticity, which take into account inertial effects and influence of thermoelastic coupling for models of solids in contact

* Mathematical modeling methods are illustrated and applied to practical engineering problems: e.g., for improving the reliability and durability of machines and mechanisms under friction, heat, and amount of wear in contact

* Presents solutions that describe many interesting nonlinear effects

Nonsmooth Dynamics of Contacting Thermoelastic Bodies is an engaging accessible practical reference for engineers (civil, mechanical, industrial) and researchers in theoretical and applied mechanics, applied mathematics, physicists, and graduate students.

About the Author:

Dr. Jan Awrejcewicz is the Chairperson for Science of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University of Lodz, Poland. He has authored or coauthored over  410 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings, 28 monographs, 2 textbooks, 2 edited volumes, 9 conferences proceedings, 8 journal special issues, and 145 other books, commentaries, or unpublished reports. He has also delivered 80 lectures during international conferences and gave 32 invited seminars at renowned universities worldwide. He is a contributer to 45 different journals and to 100 conferences. His papers and research cover various disciplines of mechanics, biomechanics, mathematics, physics and computer oriented sciences. He has authored and coauthered several books previously published by Springer.

Dr. Yuriy Pyryev is an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Lodz, Poland. He is a member of the Committee of Fracture Mechanics of Ukraine, and a member of the Dynamical System of the Committee of Mechanics of PAS. He has authored or coauthored 4 monographs, 60 journal papers and chapters in books, 29 proceedings from international or national conferences, and 31 brief communications and reports. His research includes coupled thermodynamics, nonlinear contact problems, and nonlinear mechanics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1441918809
• ISBN 13: 9781441918802
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260