Download or read book Eigenvalues of Inhomogeneous Structures written by Isaac Elishakoff and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-10-28 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The engineering community generally accepts that there exists only a small set of closed-form solutions for simple cases of bars, beams, columns, and plates. Despite the advances in powerful computing and advanced numerical techniques, closed-form solutions remain important for engineering; these include uses for preliminary design, for evaluation