Linear & Nonlinear Structural Mechanics

Nayfeh, Ali H.; Pai, P. Frank

ISBN 10: 0471593567 / ISBN 13: 9780471593560

Published by Wiley-VCH, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linear & Nonlinear Structural Mechanics
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471593567
• ISBN 13: 9780471593560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

* Explains the physical meaning of linear and nonlinear structural mechanics.
* Shows how to perform nonlinear structural analysis.
* Points out important nonlinear structural dynamics behaviors.
* Provides ready-to-use governing equations.

About the Author

ALI H. NAYFEH received his BS in engineering science and his MS and PhD in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University. He holds honorary doctorates from Marine Technical University, Russia, Technical University of Munich, Germany, and Politechnika Szczecinska, Poland. He is currently University Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is the Editor of the Wiley Series in Nonlinear Science and Editor in Chief of Nonlinear Dynamics and the Journal of Vibration and Control.
PERNGJIN FRANK PAI received his PhD in engineering mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is the C. W. LaPierre Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His research concentrates on highly flexible deployable/inflatable structures, structural damage detection, and nonlinear finite elements (www.missouri.edu/~maepai).