Thermal Integrity in Mechanics and Engineering

The book is targeted at engineers, university lecturers, postgraduates, and final year undergraduate students involved in computational modelling and experimental and theoretical analysis of the high-temperature behavior of engineering structures. It will also be of interest to researchers developing the thermal strength theory as a branch of continuum mechanics.Thermal integrity is a multidisciplinary field combining the expertise of mechanical engineers, material scientists and applied mathematicians, each approaching the problem from their specific viewpoint. This monograph draws on the research of a broad scientific community including the author’s contribution.The scope of thermal strength analysis was considerably extended thanks to modern computers and the implementation of FEM codes. However, the author believes that some material models adopted in the advanced high-performance software, are not sufficiently justificated due to lack of easy-to-follow books on the theoretical and experimental aspects of thermal integrity.The author endeavors to provide a thorough yet sufficiently simple presentation of the underlying concepts, making the book compelling to a wide audience.

Professor Boris Shorr, DSc. is a renowned expert in the field ofthermal strength analysis. He has played a key role in thedynamical and stress analysis of the numerous aviation and stationary gas turbines of different generations. For many years Prof. Boris Shorr presented the advanced courses in solid and applied mechanics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Engineering, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and some other leading technological universities. Since long ago and to this time he has been affiliated with Central Institute of Aviation Engines in Moscow. He is a winner of Zhukovsky Award, Honourable Scientist of Russian Federation and a member of Russian National Committee of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, an author of several professional books in Russian and English.