The first five chapters of this book introduce rigid-plastic methods of analysis for the static behavior and dynamic response of beams, plates, and shells from an engineering viewpoint.
Several chapters follow on various phenomena of importance to structural impact.
The influence of transverse shear, rotatory inertia, finite displacements, and material strain-rate sensitivity are introduced. Scaling laws are also explained. R. J. Perkins and S. E. Belcher. The proceedings of a conference held at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England, in March 1994 examine experimental work in laboratory and field measurements. Sessions were devoted to research on flow and dispersion in urban environments, with papers on field and wind-tunnel measurements as well as theoretical and numerical modeling.