Theoretical and applied mechanics : proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics held in Lyngby, Denmark, 19-25 August, 1984 /
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics covers the proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, held at the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark on August 19-25, 1984. The contributors consider the significant advances in the thriving field of mechanics....
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York : New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada : Elsevier Science Pub. Co.,
1985.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF IUTAM; LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE; LIST OF AUTHORS OF PAPERS IN THIS VOLUME; LIST OF PARTICIPANTS; REPORT ON THE CONGRESS; CHAPTER 1. SPACE RESEARCH AND THE NEW APPROACHTO THE MECHANICS OF FLUID MEDIA IN COSMOS; 1.0 NEW OBSERVATIONS; 2.0 NEW UNDERSTANDING; 3.0 NEW APPROACH TO COSMOGONY; 4.0 SCENARIO OF THE SATURNIAN RING FORMATION; 5.0 CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE PLASMA-PLANETESIMAL TRANSITION; 6.0 SUMMARY OF THE PROCESSES NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOLARSYSTEM.
- 7.0 referenceschapter 2. computers and chaos in mechanics; 1. introduction; 2. some progress due to computers; 3. analytical results on non-integrable systems; 4. computers and chaos; 5. conclusion; references; chapter 3. chaos in the dynamics of a few vortices -fundamentals and applications; 1. on vortices and vorticists; 2. the dynamics of point vortices; 3. integrability or chaos; 4. some concessions to realism; 5. chaotic motion of four vortices; 6. boundary-induced chaos; 7. the restricted problem; references.
- Chapter 3. resonant phenomena in rotational motionsof artificial and natural celestial bodies1. introduction; 2· resonances in rotational motions of celestial bodies; 3· on cassini's laws of the moon motion; 4. on mercury's rotation; 5· the generalized laws of cassini; 6. venus; 7. extremal properties of resonant motions; 8. concluding remarks; 9· acknowledgement; references; chapter 4. quantum, classical and semiclassical adiabaticity; introduction; adiabatic theorems; adiabatic anholonomy; degeneracy; quantum and classical adiabatic discordance; references.
- Chapter 5. aspects of nonlinear acousticsintroduction; historical development; finite-amplitude wave propagation of today; burgers' equation; the weak-shock theory; propagation in a relaxing fluid; experimental studies; underwater applications of nonlinear acoustics; biomechanical applications of nonlinear acoustics; conclusions; references; chapter 6. hydrodynamic loads on marine structures; introduction; ship motions at forward speed; slowly varying and mean wave loads; separated flow problems; conclusions; references; chapter 7. the recovery of oil from underground reservoirs; disclaimer.
- OTL RESERVOIRSSTAGES OF OIL RECOVERY; MULTIPHASE FLOW THROUGH A POROUS MEDIUM; MICRO MODELS; THE MOTION OF THE MENISCUS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. ICE AND SNOW MECHANICS A CHALLENGE TO THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS; I. INTRODUCTION; 2. MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION OF ICE SHEET GEOMETRY; 3. ON THERMODYNAMICS OF TEMPERATE ICE; 4. CONVECTION IN THAWING SUBSEA PERMAFROST; 5. DYNAMICS OF SNOW AND ICE AVALANCHES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; References; CHAPTER 9. NONLINEAR WAVE MOTION ANDHOMOCLINIC BIFURCATION; 1. Introduction; 2. The Reduction Principle; 3. Internal Waves; 4. Surface Waves and External Waves.