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Nonlinear Problems in Mechanics of Continua
About this Title
Eric Reissner, William Prager and J. J. Stoker, Editors
Publication: Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics
Publication Year:
1949; Volume 1
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-1301-0 (print); 978-0-8218-9216-9 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/001
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Front/Back Matter
Hydrodynamics
- Alexander Weinstein – Non-linear problems in the theory of fluid motion with free boundaries [MR 0031871]
- Stefan Bergman – Operator methods in the theory of compressible fluids [MR 0031890]
- Lipman Bers – An existence theorem in two-dimensional gas dynamics [MR 0030382]
- Garrett Birkhoff – Recent developments in free boundary theory [MR 0034157]
- Stuart R. Brinkley, Jr. and John G. Kirkwood – Theory of the propagation of shock waves from cylindrical charges of explosive [MR 0030417]
- N. Coburn and C. L. Dolph – The method of characteristics in the three-dimensional stationary supersonic flow of a compressible gas [MR 0030371]
- Howard W. Emmons – The numerical solution of the turbulence problem [MR 0031917]
- Y. H. Kuo – On the stability of transonic flows [MR 0030386]
- Lester Lees – Stability of the laminar boundary layer in a compressible fluid [MR 0029654]
- C. C. Lin – Remarks on the spectrum of turbulence [MR 0030853]
- I. Opatowski – Two-dimensional compressible flows [MR 0030378]
- H. Poritsky – Polygonal approximation method in the hodograph plane [MR 0029625]
- W. R. Sears – The boundary layer of yawed cylinders [MR 0029652]
- H. Polachek and R. J. Seeger – On shock-wave phenomena: Interaction of shock waves in gases [MR 0030418]
- J. J. Stoker – The breaking of waves in shallow water [MR 0029664]
- A. H. Taub – On Hamilton’s principle for perfect compressible fluids [MR 0031886]
Elasticity and plasticity
- F. D. Murnaghan – The foundations of the theory of elasticity [MR 0030873]
- G. F. Carrier – On dynamic structural stability [MR 0035628]
- D. C. Drucker – Stress-strain relations for strain hardening materials: Discussion and proposed experiments [MR 0030425]
- K. O. Friedrichs – The edge effect in bending and buckling with large deflections [MR 0030432]
- Wilfred Kaplan – Numerical methods in the solution of problems of nonlinear elasticity [MR 0030422]
- Samuel Levy – Large deflection theory for rectangular plates [MR 0030434]
- William Prager – Discontinuous solutions in the theory of plasticity [MR 0029680]
- Eric Reissner – On finite deflections of circular plates [MR 0032388]