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Computational Mechanics

  • 1st Edition
  • December 31, 2029
  • Peter Edvard Gustaf Hansbo
  • English
Computational Mechanics: Continuous and Discrete Models for Solids, Fluids and Structures offers a unified presentation of continuum mechanical models and their discrete counterparts, giving a deeper understanding of the relationship that exists between the main numerical methods, finite element methods, and finite volume methods, also presenting the advantages and shortcomings of each. This book shows, with the use of MATLAB code snippets, how to implement the methods described for all types of different problems, including linear and nonlinear, stationary and time dependent, and solids and fluids, all presented for the typical common finite element, finite volume, and time stepping methods.

Design of Protection Dams Against Torrent Floods

  • 1st Edition
  • December 31, 2029
  • Jean-Marc Tacnet + 2 more
  • English
Design of Protection Works Against Torrent Floods explores the main features of the three leading types of protection works—torrent checkdams, sediment dams, and torrential dykes—to help readers learn how to design them. It is dedicated to technicians, engineers, and risk managers who are in charge of structural design and/or management. The book presents a technical and integrated overview of the design process, but also describes the different points that make these protection works so specific when compared with classical civil engineering works, such as buildings, bridges, and roads. In addition, this comprehensive resource emphasizes the main issues of structural and functional design, also offering the keys to dedicated and more specialized literature. Users will find a useful guide that provides a description of theoretical calculation methods that includes examples of observed failures.

The Signature of Anisotropy in Granular Media

  • 1st Edition
  • December 31, 2029
  • Jidong Zhao
  • English
The Signature of Anisotropy in Granular Media: A Multiscale Insight offers a thorough, comprehensive discussion on the signature of anisotropy with relation to various shear behavior in granular media based on rigorous comparison and correlation of three approaches, namely, the continuum constitutive method, the micromechanics based approach and the computational multiscale modeling approach. The book summarizes the state-of-the-art research on continuum constitutive modeling of anisotropy behavior in granular media, micromechanical characterization of granular anisotropy, and effective cross-scale bridging strategies between the macro and micro scale of granular media. The authors detail topics on anisotropic critical state theory, characterization of fabric and fabric evolution, stress-force-fabric relationship, and the hierarchical computational multiscale modeling approach. This book serves as a valuable source of reference on granular mechanics for graduate students, academic researchers, and geotechnical engineers.

Physics of Intense Lasers

  • 1st Edition
  • December 31, 2029
  • Philippe Balcou
  • English
Physics of Intense Lasers explores the general architecture of intense lasers, amplification, non-linear effects, temporal control for chirped pulse amplification, and final characterization. The field of intense laser physics is literally booming, as the ever increasing capabilities of intense lasers open new research avenues on matters in extreme conditions of temperature, density, and acceleration. This volume enables readers to immerse themselves in the physics and technology of lasers while also gaining awareness about the most up-to-date developments in the field.

Formation and Evolution of Geological Grains and Sediments

  • 1st Edition
  • December 31, 2029
  • Takashi Matsushima
  • English
Formation and Evolution of Geological Grains and Sediments provides a comprehensive discussion of the surface of rocky planets, including the Earth, Moon, Mars, etc., and those that are composed of geological grains of various sizes. These grains are formed and evolved by means of physical and chemical processes, which, in turn, affects the formation and evolution of sediments, geography, and biological environment. In order to clarify the whole picture for these natural processes, this book attempts to overview the state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of granular physics, the earth and planetary sciences, and soil mechanics.

The Critical State Framework for Soil Behaviour

  • 1st Edition
  • December 31, 2029
  • Catherine O’Sullivan + 2 more
  • English
The Critical State Framework for Soil Behaviour: New insight from DEM Simulations presents the latest on a topic that was originally proposed by Schofield and Wroth in the 1960s, and has subsequently proven to be a very good framework to describe sand behavior. This framework uses the critical state, the void ratio and stress level attained by a soil at large shear deformations, as a reference state. The particulate discrete element method (DEM) allows the fundamental basis of the critical state to be examined in detail. Using DEM simulations, this book considers the sensitivity of the critical state to particle scale parameters (friction) and overall conditions (3D stress state), also linking between overall behavior and particle scale mechanics. The simulation data is then analyzed to better understand the fundamental mechanisms.

Knowledge Dissemination for Multimedia Traffic

  • 1st Edition
  • December 31, 2029
  • Sami Souihi + 2 more
  • English
Knowledge Dissemination for Multimedia Traffic presents a clear demonstration of the importance of developed algorithms in terms of access time, distribution, and load sharing between the control nodes for knowledge management, complete with a platform tested on decentralized control of software-defined networks. The extensive growth in Internet traffic, the emergence of new multimedia applications, and the development of new underlying applications has induced many changes in the use of information technology in everyday life. This new evolving trend requires us to rethink the foundation of the network architecture itself, which has resulted in the emergence of new concepts based on a user-centric'' view, instead of a network-centric'' view. Control mechanisms in the network transmission must not only exploit information on data control and management planes, but also consider the knowledge acquired or learned by inductive or deductive inference on the current state of the network (traffic, resources, the rendering of the application) in order to accelerate the decision-making process by the network’s control elements. This book specifically addresses the concept of a system's dissemination of knowledge across autonomic networks. The authors present the foundations and implementation methods for the management, distribution, and exploitation of the knowledge required for the proper functioning of the transmission in the network.