Publisher's Synopsis
Engineering mechanics is the application of mechanics to solve problems involving common engineering elements. The goal of engineering mechanics course is to expose problems in mechanics as applied to plausibly real-world scenarios. The text Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics provides a solid foundation of mechanics principles. First chapter focuses on analysis of dynamics fields in noninertial systems. The purpose of second chapter is to understand the appropriate shape of plate, and the role of vortex to fly or glide the longer distance with a rotating thin plate. In third chapter, we present viscosity transient phenomenon during drop impact testing and its simple dynamics model. In fourth chapter, we explore the one-dimensional drainage of a power-law fluid into a deformable porous material. The light as composed of longitudinal-extended elastic particles obeying to the laws of Newtonian mechanics has been discussed in fifth chapter. Modified Newtonian dynamics as an entropic force has been presented in sixth chapter. The generalized Newton's law of gravitation versus the general theory of relativity has been outlined in seventh chapter. The aim of eighth chapter is to show that Newtonian mechanics of point particles in static potentials admits an alternative description in terms of effective Riemannian spacetimes. Ninth chapter presents a hybrid Galerkin/perturbation approach based on radial basis functions for the dynamic analysis of mechanical systems affected by randomness both in their parameters and loads. Stochastic dynamics of a drill-string with uncertain weight-on-hook has been proposed in tenth chapter. Eleventh chapter presents a procedure for the response prediction and reduction in high-rise buildings under multidirectional wind loads. Twelfth chapter examines the CNT/polymer interfacial interactions to determine the dominant mechanisms responsible for load transfer using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Last chapter offers a set of novel navigation techniques that rely on the use of inertial sensors and wide-field optical flow information.
