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Similarity methods in engineering dynamics : theory and practice of scale modeling /

Here is the second revised and updated edition of probably the most practical sourcebook on similarity methods and modeling techniques available. Written by leading authorities who incorporate many of the latest advances in the field, this new work maps out techniques for modeling as well as instrum...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baker, W. E. (Wilfred Edmund), 1924-
Otros Autores: Westine, Peter S., Dodge, Franklin T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1991.
Edición:Rev. ed.
Colección:Fundamental studies in engineering ; 12.
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  • Front Cover; Similarity Methods in Engineering Dynamics: Theory and Practice of Scale Modeling; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; References; Part I: General Concepts of Similarity and Modeling; Chapter 1. Concepts of Dimensions and Similarity; Drop Test Experiment; Distinction Between Dimensional and Nondimensional Quantities; Fundamental and Derived Units of Measure; Concept of Similarity; References; Chapter 2. Development of Model Laws from the Buckingham Pi Theorem; Proof of the Buckingham Pi Theorem; Statement of Dimensional Homogeneity
  • Alternate Procedures for Obtaining Pi TermsHistorical Development of Similitude Theory; References; Chapter 3. Development of Model Laws from Differential Equations; Introduction; First Stepwise Procedure; Second Stepwise Procedure; Third Alternate Procedure; Concept of a ""P-I"" Curve; Similarity Solutions to Differential Equations; References; Part II: Scaling of Air Blast Waves and Gas Dynamics; Chapter 4. Scaling of Air Blast Waves; Introduction; Development of Basic Air Blast Scaling Laws; Implications and Proof of Blast Scaling Laws; Other Scaling Laws for Blast Parameters
  • Blast Field Around GunsClosure; References; Part III: Response of Structures and Materials Under Transient Loads; Chapter 5. Simulating Rigid Body Motion; Creation of Pi Terms; Evaluation of Pi Terms; Overturning Models in Vulnerability Analysis; Lunar Overturning Models; Models of Rigid Body Motions in Automobile Collisions; The Installation of Off-Shore Facilities; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. ""Replica"" Modeling of Structural Response Under Transient Loads; Scaling the Response of Structures to Blast Loading
  • Scaling of the Small-Deflection Elastic Response of Structures to Blast LoadingScaling of the Large-Deflection Elastic Response of Structures to Blast Loading; Scaling of the Elastic-Plastic Response of Structures to Blast Loading; Experimental Verification of Replica Structural Response Law; Modeling the Dynamic Response of Containment Shells; Modeling of Explosive Forming; Modeling of Elastic Response of Buried, Dynamically-Loaded Arch Structures; Large-Deflection Response of Cantilever Beams for Structural Response; Replica Models for Scaling Concentrated Loads
  • Modeling Steady-State VibrationsReferences; Chapter 7. Dissimilar Material Modeling and Seismic Response Modeling for Structural Dynamics; Dissimilar Material Modeling; Dissimilar Material Response Laws for Response to Blast Loading; Other Examples; Dissimilar Material Models for Steady-State Vibrations Studies; Scaling of Strong Shock Hugoniots; Seismic Structural Response Modeling; References; Chapter 8. Modeling Penetration Mechanics; Similitude Analysis; Impact in the Low Velocity Regime; Penetration Formulas; Impact in the High Velocity Regime; Impact in Very High Velocity Regime