Imperfect Bifurcation in Structures and Materials: Engineering Use of Group-Theoretic Bifurcation Theory

By Kiyohiro Ikeda and Kazuo Murota

Book Overview

This book provides modern investigation into the bifurcation phenomena of physical and structural problems. Systematic methods--based on asymptotic, stochastic, and group-theoretic standpoints--are used to examine experimental and computational data from numerous examples (soil, sand, kaolin, concrete, domes, etc.). Engineers may find this book, with its minimized mathematical formalism, to be a useful introduction to modern bifurcation theory. For mathematicians, static bifurcation theory for finite dimensional systems, as well as its implications for practical problems, is illuminated by the numerous examples.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461426650
• ISBN13: 9781461426653
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"