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Engineering Design Applications III

Structures, Materials and Processes

  • Discusses interaction between classical engineering and the health and medical sector
  • Presents processes to achieve lighter structures
  • Describes how to optimize operational costs and lower harm for the environment

Part of the book series: Advanced Structured Materials (STRUCTMAT, volume 124)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Geometrical Characterization of a Lumbar Spine

    • Daniel Villaseñor-Chávez, Luis Héctor Hernández-Gómez, Juan Alfonso Beltrán-Fernández, Juan Carlos Hermida-Ochoa, Juan Luis Cuevas-Andrade
    Pages 1-11
  3. Antigravity Device for Intravertebral Rehabilitation

    • Itzia Calalpa-Torres, Christopher René Torres-SanMiguel, Guillermo Urriolagoitia-Sosa, Alejandro Cuautle-Estrada, Beatriz Romero-Angeles, Guillermo Manuel Urriolagoitia-Calderón
    Pages 13-21
  4. Simplified Test Bench Used to Reproduce Child Facial Damage During a Frontal Collision

    • Alejandro Cuautle-Estrada, Christopher René Torres-SanMiguel, Guillermo Urriolagoitia-Sosa, Luis Martínez-Sáez, Beatriz Romero-Ángeles, Guillermo Manuel Urriolagoitia-Manuel
    Pages 23-29
  5. Determination, Validation, and Dynamic Analysis of an Off-Road Chassis

    • Mateus Coutinho de Moraes, Miguel Ângelo Menezes
    Pages 45-60
  6. Experimental Investigation of the Dynamics of a Ropeway Passing Over a Support

    • Siegfried Ladurner, Markus Wenin, Daniel Reiterer, Maria Letizia Bertotti, Giovanni Modanese
    Pages 61-69
  7. Environmental Fatigue Analysis of the Feedwater Piping System of a BWR-5

    • Laura Guadalupe Carbajal-Figueroa, Salatiel Pérez-Montejo, Alejandra Armenta-Molina, Gilberto Soto-Mendoza, Luis Héctor Hernández-Gómez, Juan Alfonso Beltrán-Fernández et al.
    Pages 71-80
  8. Structural Vibrations in a Building of a Nuclear Power Plant Caused by an Underground Blasting

    • Alejandra Armenta-Molina, Abraham Villanueva-García, Gilberto Soto-Mendoza, Salatiel Pérez-Montejo, Pablo Ruiz-López, Juan Alfonso Beltrán-Fernández et al.
    Pages 81-90
  9. Analysis of an Aircraft Impact on a Dry Storage Cask of Spent Nuclear Fuel

    • Edgar Hernández-Palafox, Juan Cruz-Castro, Yunuén López-Grijalba, Luis Héctor Hernández-Gómez, Guillermo Manuel Urriolagoitia-Calderón, Laura Guadalupe Carbajal-Figueroa
    Pages 91-102
  10. Review of Electromagnetic Compatibility on Digital Systems of Nuclear Power Plants

    • Israel Abraham Alarcón-Sánchez, Roberto Linares-y-Miranda, Luis Hector Hernández-Gómez, Yunuén López-Grijalba, Alejandra Armenta-Molina, Laura Guadalupe Carbajal-Figueroa et al.
    Pages 103-113
  11. Effect of Beam Rigidity on the Lateral Stiffness of a One-Storey Frame

    • Meziane Chalah, Farid Chalah, Salah Eddine Djellab, Djillali Benouar
    Pages 115-126
  12. Fundamental Transverse Vibration Circular Frequency of a Cantilever Beam with an Intermediate Elastic Support

    • Lila Chalah-Rezgui, Farid Chalah, Salah Eddine Djellab, Ammar Nechnech, Abderrahim Bali
    Pages 127-132
  13. Axial Fundamental Vibration Frequency of a Tapered Rod with a Linear Cross-Sectional Area Variation

    • Farid Chalah, Lila Chalah-Rezgui, Salah Eddine Djellab, Abderrahim Bali
    Pages 133-151
  14. Vibration of an SDOF Representing a Rigid Beam Supported by Two Unequal Columns with One Mounted on a Flexible Base

    • Lila Chalah-Rezgui, Farid Chalah, Salah Eddine Djellab, Ammar Nechnech, Abderrahim Bali
    Pages 153-160
  15. Vibration Analysis of a Uniform Beam Fixed at One End and Restrained Against Translation and Rotation at the Second One

    • Farid Chalah, Lila Chalah-Rezgui, Salah Eddine Djellab, Abderrahim Bali
    Pages 161-169
  16. Fundamental Vibration Periods of Continuous Beams with Two Unequal Spans

    • Farid Chalah, Lila Chalah-Rezgui, Salah Eddine Djellab, Abderrahim Bali
    Pages 171-181
  17. Effects of Process Parameters on the Machining Process in Die-Sinking EDM of Alloyed Tool Steel

    • Mohamed M. Bahgat, Ahmed Y. Shash, Mahmoud Abd-Rabou, Iman S. El-Mahallawi
    Pages 215-233

About this book

This book provides an update on recent advances in various areas of modern engineering design, such as mechanical, materials, computer, and process engineering, which provide the foundation for the development of improved structures, materials, and processes. The modern design cycle is characterized by the interaction of different disciplines and a strong shift toward computer-based approaches involving only a small number of experiments for verification purposes. A major driver for this development is the increased demand for cost reduction, which is also connected to environmental demands. In the transportation industry (e.g. automotive or aerospace), where there is a demand for greater fuel efficiency, one solution is lighter structures and/or improved processes for energy conversion. Another emerging area is the interaction of classical engineering with the health and medical sector.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen, Germany

    Andreas Öchsner

  • Chair of Engineering Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

    Holm Altenbach

About the editors

Andreas Öchsner is a Full Professor of Lightweight Design and Structural Simulation at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Having obtained a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (1997), Germany, he served as a research and teaching assistant at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1997 to 2003, while working to complete his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.) degree. From 2003 to 2006, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He spent seven years (2007–2013) as a Full Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, where he was also Head of the Advanced Materials and Structure Lab. From 2014 to 2017, he was a Full Professor at the School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia, and Leader of the Mechanical Engineering Program (Head of Discipline and Program Director).

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h. c. mult Holm Altenbach is a member of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM) a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; and the International Research Center on Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (M&MoCS), Italy. He has held positions at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg and at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, both in Germany.
He graduated from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1985 (diploma in Dynamics and Strength of Machines). He defended his Ph.D. in 1983 and was awarded his Doctor of Technical Sciences in 1987, both at the same institute. He is currently a Full Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanics (since 2011), and has been acting as the Director of the Institute of Mechanics since 2015.
His areas of scientific interests are general theory of elastic and inelastic plates and shells, creep and damage mechanics, strength theories, and nano- and micromechanics. He is the Author/Co-Author/Editor of 60 books (textbooks/monographs/proceedings), approximately 380 scientific papers (among them 250 peer-reviewed), and 500 scientific lectures. He is Managing Editor (2004 to 2014) and Editor-in-Chief (2005–to date) of the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (ZAMM) – the oldest journal in Mechanics in Germany (founded by Richard von Mises in 1921). He has been Advisory Editor of the journal “Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics” since 2011, Associate Editor of the journal “Mechanics of Composites” (Riga) since 2014, Doctor of Technical Sciences, and Co-Editor of the Springer Series “Advanced Structured Materials” since 2010.
He was awarded the 1992 Krupp Award (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation); 2000 Best Paper of the Year—Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design; 2003 Gold Medal of the Faculty ofMechanical Engineering, Politechnika Lubelska, Lublin, Poland; 2004 Semko Medal of the National Technical University Kharkov, Ukraine; 2007 Doctor Honoris Causa, National Technical University Kharkov, Ukraine; 2011 Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science; 2014 Doctor Honoris Causa, University Constanta, Romania; 2016 Doctor Honoris Causa, Vekua Institute, Tbilisi, Georgia; 2018 Alexander von Humboldt Award (Poland).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Engineering Design Applications III

  • Book Subtitle: Structures, Materials and Processes

  • Editors: Andreas Öchsner, Holm Altenbach

  • Series Title: Advanced Structured Materials

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39062-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-39061-7Published: 06 March 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-39064-8Published: 06 March 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-39062-4Published: 05 March 2020

  • Series ISSN: 1869-8433

  • Series E-ISSN: 1869-8441

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 348

  • Number of Illustrations: 95 b/w illustrations, 135 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Engineering Design, Structural Materials, Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering

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