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I work on solid and fluid mechanics. Some times I come across thermodynamical arguments (like second law, free energy etc) and I don't understand them well. I wanted to read thermodynamics books but got confused in the so many different approaches used. My frequent encounter with thermodynamics is in constitutive equations for solids where they use the second law to verify whether the constititive relation is acceptable or not. Seldom I find it in surface tension and related phenomena in fluids.

Is there a need for an online mechanics bibliography on iMechanica?  This would be a searchable index for publications that are of interest to mechanicians. An online form on iMechanica can be set-up for allowing journal entries into the bibliography.  A search-template like the one used for the Computational Geometry Bibliography might be suitable.  Can also include a URL when entering, and an automatic conversion to a BibTeX entry (LaTeX users) can be a feature that can be provided.  At least for recent publications (difficult to have all prior publications unless someone enters them), it could become a very good resource for mechanics literature and quick access to the same.  This might also encourage broader participation in the community, at least in keeping an uptodate bibliography.  I view this as a potential supplement to webofscience and one that is open to all. If there is interest and consensus on the need for such a feature, we can converge to a format that can be implemented. Please pen your thoughts and share your opinions.

What is the advantage of using Timoshenko beam theory over other beam theories? Also what is the
differnce between a Beam, a thick plate and a thin plate. Iam new to
this area so these questions may sound stupid to you. Also i want to know

Which method do you mean is more powerfull in modeling and analysis of mechanical systems?

If any problem which has analytical solutions can be candidate in the feild of computational mechanics?

What's The Most Interest Topics in field of Elastodynamics?

What's The Most Interest Topics in field of Moving Loads?

Hi there,

  I would be very grateful to anybody who can solve the following question for me (and show their working as to how they solved the problem):

 A spherical cavity of radius r is made inside a uniform solid sphere of radius R, in such a way that the two spherical surfaces touch at the point P. If G is the centre of mass of the remaining material,

As a member of Penn State's Faculty Senate Committee on Research (SCoR), the attached document was presented to us for endorsement. This comes from the CIC (basically the BigTen plus UChicago) provosts. I have seen a few posts in various threads concerning publishing and copyright issues so I thought I would see how y'all feel about it. In brief, the document encourages authors to think when signing that copyright transfer form. The members of SCoR obviously span a very wide range of disciplines and were generally agreeable to endorsing the document.

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Energetic materials, such as solid propellants and high explosives, can be considered as composite materials with energetic particles embedded in polymeric binder matrix. These energetic materials display strong particle size effects. For example, large particles debond earlier than small ones in high explosives.