Formulas for Mechanical and Structural Shock and Impact

by Gregory Szuladzinski

Overview

In dealing with extreme loads on structures, simple approximations of key variables can indicate if there is a threat of collapse. The ability to determine such variables early on strongly impacts the decisions about the engineering approach to adopt. Formulas for Mechanical and Structural Shock and Impact is a self-contained and concise presentati

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040067680
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	10/15/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	790
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About the Author

Dr. Gregory Szuladzinski received his master's degree in mechanical engineering from Warsaw University of Technology in 1965 and his doctoral degree in structural mechanics from the University of Southern California in 1973. From 1966 to 1980, he worked in the United States in the fields of aerospace, nuclear engineering, and shipbuilding. He has done extensive work in computer simulations of seismic events and accidental dynamic conditions as related to the safety of nuclear plants and military hardware. From 1981 until the present time, he has been working in Australia in the fields of aerospace, railway, power, offshore, automotive, and process industries, as well as in rock mechanics, underground blasting, infrastructure protection, and military applications. He has a number of publications to his credit in the area of nonlinear mechanics. His first book on the subject, Dynamics of Structures and Machinery: Problems and Solutions, was published in 1982. Dr. Szuladzinski has been involved with the finite-element method of simulation of structural problems since 1966. In 1978-1979, he worked as the principal analyst for Control Data in Los Angeles in support of fi nite-element analysis (FEA) codes. Since the early 1990s he has been working on computer simulations of such violent phenomena as rock breaking with the use of explosives, fragmentation of metallic objects, shock damage to buildings, structural collapse, fluid-structure interaction, blast protection, and aircraft impact protection. He has conducted a number of state of-the-art studies showing explicit fragmentations of structures and other objects. He is a fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, a member of its Structural and Mechanical College, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Table of Contents

Concepts and Definitions. Natural Frequency. Simple Linear Systems. Simple Nonlinear Systems. Wave Propagation. Yield and Failure Criteria. Impact. Collision. Cables and Strings. Beams. Columns and Beam-Columns. Plates and Shells. Dynamic Effects of Explosion. Penetration and Perforation. Damage, Failure, and Fragmentation. Selected Examples. Appendices. Index.