Equivalent Stress Concept for Limit State Analysis
Equivalent Stress Concept for Limit State Analysis

Author: Vladimir A. Kolupaev

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-01-18

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 3319730495

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This book discusses arbitrary multiaxial stress states using the concept of equivalent stress. It highlights the most useful criteria, which can be applied to various classes of isotropic materials. Due to its simplicity and clarity, this concept is now widely used in component design, and many strength and yield criteria based on the equivalent stress concept have been formulated. Choosing the appropriate criterion for a given material remains the main challenge in applications. The most useful criteria can be applied best when the plausibility assumptions are known. Accordingly, the book introduces fitting methods based on mathematical, physical, and geometrical objective functions. It also features a wealth of examples that demonstrate the application of different approaches in modeling certain limit behaviors.

Strength and Related Properties of Concrete
Strength and Related Properties of Concrete

Author: Sándor Popovics

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1998-03-23

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 9780471149033

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This work discusses the variations that occur in the strength of concrete and presents numerical methods useful in interpreting these variations. Individual chapters include the relationship between composition and strength of concrete.

Renewable Resource Utilization for Development
Renewable Resource Utilization for Development

Author: Robert P. Morgan

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1483148025

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Renewable Resource Utilization for Development is a six-chapter text that covers the United States initiatives in field of appropriate, light-capital technology for renewable resource utilization. These initiatives include steps, policies, and programs that the U.S. government might take, adopt, or support to aid developing countries in utilizing appropriate technology for renewable resources for the benefit of the poor majority. The first two chapters describe the technology, advances, design, and utilization of wind energy and biomass. The next chapter focuses on two applications of direct solar energy, namely, solar drying of crops and timber. Another chapter highlights the optimum processing and use of rice bran, which is an important postharvest and rural development problem for rice-growing developing countries. The final two chapters discuss the utilization of material and products based on agricultural wastes and natural fibers. These chapters also deal with the organizations and mechanisms for implementing the initiatives and with possible next steps to the U.S. initiatives. This book is of value to economists and environmental pollution control researchers.