Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1992. Proceedings of the International Congress (18th) Held in Haifa, Israel on August 22-28, 1992,

Abstract

Some topics discussed at this symposium include: (1) Instability and turbulence in shear flows; (2) Micromechanics of fracture; (3) Material instabilities and phase transitions in thermoelasticity; (4) Propagating instabilities in structures; (5) Computational approaches to plastic instability in solid mechanics; (6) The role of wave breaking in air-sea interaction; (7) Effect of wind and water shear on wave instabilities; (8) Liquid layer dynamics in pulmonary airways; (9) Energy-saving mechanisms in animal movement; (10) Controlling chaotic convection; (11) Application of structural mechanics to biological system; (12) Aerodynamic sound associated with vortex motions: observation and computation; (13) On the role of wave propagation and wave breaking in atmosphere-ocean dynamics; (14) Computational aspects of integration along the path of loading in elastic-plastic problems; (15) Constitutive modeling and analysis of creep, damage, and creep crack growth under neutron irradiation; (16) Bubble mechanics: luminescence, noise, and two-phase flow; (17) Self-similar multiplier distributions and multiplicative models for energy dissipation in high-Reynolds-number turbulence; and (18) Cardiovascular fluid mechanics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 28, 1992
Accession Number
ADA270052

Entities

People

  • Alexander Solan
  • Josep Singer
  • Sol R. Bodner
  • Zvi Hashin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Doppler Effect
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Physical Theories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Standing Waves
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers