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Solid Mechanics: A Variational Approach
No full textThis work offers a clear and carefully prepared exposition of variational techniques as they are applied to solid mechanics. Unlike other books in this field, Dym and Shames treat all the necessary theory needed for the study of solid mechanics and include extensive applications. Of particular note is the variational approach used in developing consistent structural theories and in obtaining exact and approximate solutions for many problems.https://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmc_facbooks/1013/thumbnail.jp
Plasma clearance of human low-density lipoprotein in human apolipoprotein B trangenic mice is related to particle diameter
No full textTo test for intrinsic differences in metabolic properties of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) as a function of particle size, we examined the kinetic behavior of 6 human LDL fractions ranging in size from 251 to 265 A injected intravenously into human apolipoprotein (apo) B transgenic mice. A multicompartmental model was formulated and fitted to the data by standard nonlinear regression using the Simulation, Analysis and Modeling (SAAM II) program. Smaller sized LDL particles (251 to 257 Å) demonstrated a significantly slower fractional catabolic rate (FCR) (0.050 ± 0.045 h-1) compared with particles of larger size (262 to 265 Å) (0.134 ± -0.015 h-1, P < .03), and there was a significant correlation between FCR and the peak LDL diameter of the injected fractions (R2 = .71, P < .034). The sum of the equilibration parameters, k(2,1) and k(1,2), for smaller LDL (0.255 h-1 and 0.105 h -1, respectively) was significantly smaller than that for larger LDL (0.277 h-1 and 0.248 h-1, respectively; P < .01), indicative of slower intravascular-extravascular exchange for smaller LDL. Therefore in this mouse model, smaller LDL particles are cleared more slowly from plasma than larger LDL and are exchanged more slowly with the extravascular space. This might be due to compositional or structural features of smaller LDL that lead to retarded clearance
Solid Mechanics: A Variational Approach, Augmented Edition
No full textSolid Mechanics: A Variational Approach, Augmented Edition presents a lucid and thoroughly developed approach to solid mechanics for students engaged in the study of elastic structures not seen in other texts currently on the market. This work offers a clear and carefully prepared exposition of variational techniques as they are applied to solid mechanics. Unlike other books in this field, Dym and Shames treat all the necessary theory needed for the study of solid mechanics and include extensive applications. Of particular note is the variational approach used in developing consistent structural theories and in obtaining exact and approximate solutions for many problems. Based on both semester and year-long courses taught to undergraduate seniors and graduate students, this text is geared for programs in aeronautical, civil, and mechanical engineering, and in engineering science. The authors’ objective is two-fold: first, to introduce the student to the theory of structures (one- and two-dimensional) as developed from the three-dimensional theory of elasticity; and second, to introduce the student to the strength and utility of variational principles and methods, including briefly making the connection to finite element methods. A complete set of homework problems is included.https://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmc_facbooks/1030/thumbnail.jp
Solid mechanics: a variational approach
No full textSolid Mechanics: A Variational Approach, Augmented Edition presents a lucid and thoroughly developed approach to solid mechanics for students engaged in the study of elastic structures not seen in other texts currently on the market. This work offers a clear and carefully prepared exposition of variational techniques as they are applied to solid mechanics. Unlike other books in this field, Dym and Shames treat all the necessary theory needed for the study of solid mechanics and include extensive applications. Of particular note is the variational approach used in developing consistent structural theories and in obtaining exact and approximate solutions for many problems. Based on both semester and year-long courses taught to undergraduate seniors and graduate students, this text is geared for programs in aeronautical, civil, and mechanical engineering, and in engineering science. The authors’ objective is two-fold: first, to introduce the student to the theory of structures (one- and two-dimensional) as developed from the three-dimensional theory of elasticity; and second, to introduce the student to the strength and utility of variational principles and methods, including briefly making the connection to finite element methods. A complete set of homework problems is included. In summary, this book: Emphasizes and articulates the variational calculus approach to both formulating and solving mechanics problems Briefly introduces finite element method in the context of variational approaches to modeling and solving mechanics and structures problems Accessible to engineering students while maintaining mathematical correctness Presents extensive worked-out examples in the text and homework problems Includes instructors’ solutions manual and over 200 illustrations
A HISTORY OF THE LONGVIEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONGVIEW, TEXAS FROM 1968-2011
No full textThe Longview Symphony Orchestra is a regional professional orchestra based in Longview, Texas. The orchestra was founded in 1968 under the direction of James Snowden, a local band director who led the charge to develop a high school orchestra program in a district that lacked such a program. Governed by a board known as the Longview Symphony League, the orchestra initially began as a volunteer ensemble whose original mission was to foster the growth of music education in the public schools while offering an outlet for orchestral playing to its community. After forty-four years, the Longview Symphony Orchestra has become an organization whose members are all paid, professional musicians. This study will focus on the organization's development from an orchestra whose membership began as volunteers to that of paid professionals. Special interest will be devoted to the development of the organization's governing board, the Longview Symphony League and the orchestra's three music directors, James Snowden, Frank Carroll and Tonu Kalam
Kinematics of disk-bars mechanism
No full text<p>Pre-release of Fortran 95 code that solves the kinematics of disk-bars mechanism with 3 configuration options.</p>
<p>Reference: Shames, Irving H.: Engineering Mechanics - Statics and Dynamics, 4th Edition.</p>
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