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'The Face of Failure in Nature and Engineering'

'The Face of Failure in Nature and Engineering'
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(english)
 
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'The Face of Failure in Nature and Engineering'
Author: Claus Mattheck
(english)
  • is an introduction to the mechanics of failure
  • explains the battle of loading against material and form
  • will alert you to weak places in structures
  • shows how cases of damage can be avoided by clever shaping
  • is the fruit of long-term work at the Research Center Karlsruhe
  • Become a damage expert!
1. Edition
ISBN-10: 3923704410
ISBN-13: 978-3923704415
 
 
The Author:
He likes hiking, large calibre weapons, archery Staffordshire bull terriers and trees, trees, trees...
 
Claus Mattheck, born in Dresden, Germany 1947. Graduated in Theoretical Physics1973, qualified to lecture in Damage Tree Analysis at Karlsruhe University in 1985 and now lectures on biomechnics as professor.Head of the Department of Biomechanics at the Institute for Material Research II of the Karlsruhe Research Center, expert on the mechanics and fracture behaviour of trees and on fatigue fractures of mechanical components. Many scientific awards, including the Science Award of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in 1998, the Literature Award of the Karl-Theodor-Vogel-Foundation for technical journalism in 1992, the Inge & Werner Grüter Award for science journalism in 1999; honorary membership of the Urban Tree Diagnosis Association of Japan and the German Environmental Award 2003.