Bordas S.P.A. (Ed.) Advances in Applied Mechanics. Volume 46

1st Ed. — Academic Press, Elsevier. — 2013. XII, 128 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-396522-6.Key Features
Covers all fields of the mechanical sciences
Highlights classical and modern areas of mechanics that are ready for review
Provides comprehensive coverage of the field in question
Description
Advances in Applied Mechanics draws together recent significant advances in various topics in applied mechanics. Published since 1948, Advances in Applied Mechanics aims to provide authoritative review articles on topics in the mechanical sciences, primarily of interest to scientists and engineers working in the various branches of mechanics, but also of interest to the many who use the results of investigations in mechanics in various application areas, such as aerospace, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical and nuclear engineering.
Readership
Scientists and engineers working in mechanics and university librarians. Engineers requiring state-of-the-art reviews of current research topics in mechanicsContinuum Theory for the Edge of an Open Lipid Bilayer
Aisa Biria, Mohsen Maleki, and Eliot FriedMathematical Preliminaries
Variations of Geometric Quantities, Integrals Over Surfaces and Curves, and Volume
Variational Derivation of the Equilibrium Equations of a Lipid Vesicle
Variational Derivation of the Equilibrium Equations of an Open
Lipid Bilayer with Edge Energy
Force and Bending Moment Exerted by an Open Lipid Bilayer on its Edge
Alternative Treatment of the EdgeA Variational Approach to Modeling Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Nonlinear Dissipative Behaviors
Laurent StainierGeneral Modeling Framework
Variational Formulation of Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Boundary-Value Problems
Thermo-Visco-Elasticity
Thermo-Elasto-Visco-Plasticity
Numerical Approximation Methods
Examples of Applications
Conclusions
Acknowledgements