Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications: Energy, Vibrations, and Modern Applications - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319694790 ISBN 13: 9783319694795

Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

This book analyzes the updated principles and applications of nonlinear approaches to solve engineering and physics problems. The knowledge on nonlinearity and the comprehension of nonlinear approaches are inevitable to future engineers and scientists, making this an ideal book for engineers, engineering students, and researchers in engineering, physics, and mathematics. Chapters are of specific interest to readers who seek expertise in optimization, nonlinear analysis, mathematical modeling of complex forms, and non-classical engineering problems. The book covers methodologies and applications from diverse areas such as vehicle dynamics, surgery simulation, path planning, mobile robots, contact and scratch analysis at the micro and nano scale, sub-structuring techniques, ballistic projectiles, and many more.

About this title

About the Author

Liming Dai, PhD, is Professor and Program Chair of Industrial Systems Engineering at the University of Regina, Canada.

Reza N. Jazar, PhD, is Professor and Associate Dean of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at the School of Engineering in RMIT University, Australia.

From the Back Cover

This book analyzes the updated principles and applications of nonlinear approaches to solve engineering and physics problems. The knowledge on nonlinearity and the comprehension of nonlinear approaches are inevitable to future engineers and scientists, making this an ideal book for engineers, engineering students, and researchers in engineering, physics, and mathematics. Chapters are of specific interest to readers who seek expertise in optimization, nonlinear analysis, mathematical modeling of complex forms, and non-classical engineering problems. The book covers methodologies and applications from diverse areas such as vehicle dynamics, surgery simulation, path planning, mobile robots, contact and scratch analysis at the micro and nano scale, sub-structuring techniques, ballistic projectiles, and many more.

• Explores the nonlinear approaches that open avenues to better, safer, cheaper, and more cost-effective consumption of power and raw materials;
  
• Exposes readers to a broad range of practical topics and approaches;
  
• Contains a strong emphasis on application, physical meaning, and the methodologies of the approaches discussed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319694790
• ISBN 13: 9783319694795
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 482
• Editor: Dai Liming, Jazar Reza N.