The CRC Series in COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS and APPLIED ANALYSIS includes both academic textbooks and professional reference works in the areas of engineering mechanics, numerical analysis, computational analysis and modeling, applied mathematics, finite element analysis, and applied dynamics. Leading scholars and researchers from around the world have featured their work through the volumes in this series.
By J.N. Reddy
March 19, 2024
Computational Methods in Engineering: Finite Difference, Finite Volume, Finite Element, and Dual Mesh Control Domain Methods provides readers with the information necessary to choose appropriate numerical methods to solve a variety of engineering problems. Explaining common numerical methods in an ...
By Ramesh Talreja
February 16, 2024
In contrast to metals, a composite material acquires an internal structure where the imprint of its manufacturing process history is a significant part of the internal structure’s makeup and in many cases determines how the material responds to external impulses. The performance for which a ...
By J N Reddy
June 30, 2022
This comprehensive textbook compiles cutting-edge research on beams and circular plates, covering theories, analytical solutions, and numerical solutions of interest to students, researchers, and engineers working in industry. Detailing both classical and shear deformation theories, the book ...
By Karan S. Surana
January 25, 2022
This book provides physical and mathematical foundation as well as complete derivation of the mathematical descriptions and constitutive theories for deformation of solid and fluent continua, both compressible and incompressible with clear distinction between Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions as...
By G. Thomas Mase, Ronald E. Smelser, Jenn Stroud Rossmann
May 06, 2020
A bestselling textbook in its first three editions, Continuum Mechanics for Engineers, Fourth Edition provides engineering students with a complete, concise, and accessible introduction to advanced engineering mechanics. It provides information that is useful in emerging engineering areas, such as ...
By Wolf Altman, Antonio Marmo De Oliveira
November 11, 2014
Illustrating the important aspects of tensor calculus, and highlighting its most practical features, Physical Components of Tensors presents an authoritative and complete explanation of tensor calculus that is based on transformations of bases of vector spaces rather than on transformations of ...
By J. N. Reddy, Antonio Miravete
September 06, 1995
Composite materials are increasingly used in aerospace, underwater, and automotive structures. They provide unique advantages over their metallic counterparts, but also create complex challenges to analysts and designers. Practical Analysis of Composite Laminates presents a summary of the equations...
By Ansel C. Ugural
October 05, 2017
Noted for its practical, accessible approach to senior and graduate-level engineering mechanics, Plates and Shells: Theory and Analysis is a long-time bestselling text on the subjects of elasticity and stress analysis. Many new examples and applications are included to review and support key ...
By Karan S. Surana, J. N. Reddy
November 02, 2016
Written by two well-respected experts in the field, The Finite Element Method for Boundary Value Problems: Mathematics and Computations bridges the gap between applied mathematics and application-oriented computational studies using FEM. Mathematically rigorous, the FEM is presented as a method of ...
By Dara W. Childs, Andrew P. Conkey
April 01, 2015
Observing that most books on engineering dynamics left students lacking and failing to grasp the general nature of dynamics in engineering practice, the authors of Dynamics in Engineering Practice, Eleventh Edition focused their efforts on remedying the problem. This text shows readers how to ...
By Samit Roy, J.N. Reddy
September 05, 2013
Computational Modeling of Polymer Composites: A Study of Creep and Environmental Effects details the development of polymeric materials and their use in smart materials and composite structures in aerospace and automotive industries. Based on the authors' work during the past 30 years, this book ...
By Clarence W. de Silva
August 23, 2013
A systematic presentation of theory, procedures, illustrative examples, and applications, Mechanics of Materials provides the basis for understanding structural mechanics in engineering systems such as buildings, bridges, vehicles, and machines. The book incorporates the fundamentals of the subject...