Advances in Mechanics Current Research Results of the NAS of Ukraine

This book covers research from modern directions in solid mechanics, in particular, in the fields of mechanics of composite materials, fracture mechanics, strength of materials and structures, thermo-viscoelasticity and plasticity, mechanics of shell structures, contact mechanics, theory of wave propagation, dynamics of mechanical and hydromechanical systems.

The book presents some new results in the main research directions in mechanics on which the institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine are focused. In addition to these studies, the results of joint scientific projects of the academic institutions with universities and research institutions of Ukraine are presented.

The work is dedicated to the 145th anniversary of Stepan Prokopovich Timoshenko, the world-famous scientist in the field of mechanics, the founder of the Institute of Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, one of the founders of the National Academy of Sciences ofUkraine and academic teacher with world-wide reputation with great influence on engineering education.

Chapter 1:  A Brief Review of the Development of Mechanics in the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.- Chapter 2: Thermoviscoplasticity Equations of Isotropic Material with Stress Mode Dependence.- Chapter 3:  Influence of Finite Initial Deformations on Velocities of Generalized Lamb Waves in an Incompressible Elastic Layer Interacting with a Layer of an Ideal Fluid.- Chapter 4:  Fracture of Materials Loaded Along Cracks: Approach and Results.- Chapter 5: Evolution of Electron Structure of the Methane-Coal Sorption System Components and Properties.- Chapter 6: Stress-Strain State of a Two-Layered Half-Space With Initial Stresses Under the Influence of a Moving Load.- Chapter 7: Numerical Modelling of Fatigue Cracks Growth in Thin Isotropic Plates Considering the Damage Accumulation History.- Chapter 8: Solving Plates and Shells of Complex Shape Static Problems Using Coordinates Transformations.- Chapter 9: Wave Scattering on Finite Wedge-Shaped Objects.- Chapter 10: Heat and Stress State of Coated Bodies under Dry Friction Taking into Account Radiation Heat Exchange.- Chapter 11: Problems of Thermomechanics of Multilayered Electroconductive Bodies Under the Action of the Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields with Modulation of Amplitude.- Chapter 12: Substantiation of Reliability of Calculation of Strength of Rocket and Space Technology Structures Without Destructive Tests...