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- Authors:
- Tarek I. Zohdi
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Provides an introduction to some essential undergraduate mechanics concepts
- Provides a concise modern supplement to classical undergraduate books in mechanics
- Provides an introduction to modern analysis tools, such as the Finite Element Method
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As we enter an exciting new era in industrial design, simulation, and manufacturing, a clear understanding of mechanics of solids is needed now more than ever. This primer is a condensed synopsis of basic undergraduate mechanics and is designed to supplement classical textbooks in this area. The focus is on the essentials of mechanics, specifically:
• The concept of stress.
• Stress-strain relationships.
• Failure theory.
• Axial loading of a rod.
• Transverse (bending) loading of a beam.
• Industrial application: modeling of 3D printing.
• Transverse shear stresses.
• Torsional loading of a rod.
• Pressure vessels.
• Buckling of columns.
• The basics of finite element methods.
• A unifying concept: continuum mechanics.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Front Matter
Pages i-xiBack Matter
Pages 127-157
Authors and Affiliations
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Tarek I. Zohdi
About the author
He is currently a Chancellor’s Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Chair of the Computational and Data Science and Engineering Program at UC Berkeley, and holder of the W. C. Hall Family Endowed Chair in Engineering. He also holds a Staff Scientist position at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and an Adjunct Scientist position at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. His main research interests are in micromechanical material design, particulate flow, and the mechanics of high-strength fabric, with emphasis on computational approaches for advanced manufacturing and nonconvex multiscale-multiphysics inverse problems.
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Book Title:A Beginner’s Primer: Basic Concepts in Mechanics
Authors:Tarek I. Zohdi
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82904-8
Publisher:Springer Cham
eBook Packages:Engineering,Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information:The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025
Softcover ISBN:978-3-031-82903-1Published: 23 May 2025
eBook ISBN:978-3-031-82904-8Published: 22 May 2025
Edition Number:1
Number of Pages:XI, 157
Number of Illustrations:116 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics:Solid Mechanics,Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics,Complexity,Engineering Fluid Dynamics,Computational Science and Engineering