Advances in Computational Dynamics of Particles, Materials and Structures not only presents emerging trends and cutting edge state-of-the-art tools in a contemporary setting, but also provides a unique blend of classical and new and innovative theoretical and computational aspects covering both particle dynamics, and flexible continuum structural dynamics applications. It provides a unified viewpoint and encompasses the classical Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian mechanics frameworks as well as new and alternative contemporary approaches and their equivalences in [start italics]vector and scalar formalisms[end italics] to address the various problems in engineering sciences and physics.

Highlights and key features
* Provides practical applications, from a unified perspective, to both particle and continuum mechanics of flexible structures and materials
* Presents new and traditional developments, as well as alternate perspectives, for space and time discretization
* Describes a unified viewpoint under the umbrella of Algorithms by Design for the class of linear multi-step methods
* Includes fundamentals underlying the theoretical aspects and numerical developments, illustrative applications and practice exercises

The completeness and breadth and depth of coverage makes Advances in Computational Dynamics of Particles, Materials and Structures a valuable textbook and reference for graduate students, researchers and engineers/scientists working in the field of computational mechanics; and in the general areas of computational sciences and engineering. [710 Pages, Hardcover]

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