Mechanics of Materials: Basics and Finite Elements
暫譯: 材料力學：基礎與有限元素法

這第二版是一本關於材料力學的入門書籍，重點在於整合有限元素分析的基本概念。材料力學為理解工程系統中的結構力學提供了基礎，例如建築物、橋樑、車輛和機械。

這一新版將該主題的基本原理融入分析方法、建模方法、數值方法、實驗程序、數值評估程序和設計技術中。它首先介紹基本概念，然後進入更高級的概念和應用。書中討論了使用簡單數學的分析方法、範例和實驗技術，並包含大量的實作範例和案例研究，以說明實際和現實世界的應用。

《材料力學：基礎與有限元素，第二版》同時作為工程學生和在職專業人士的教科書和參考書。書中包含許多圖示，並為講師提供了有價值的解答手冊。

Clarence W. de Silva, Fellow ASME, Fellow IEEE, Fellow Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow Royal Society of Canada, is a Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He has occupied the following chair professorships:

• Senior Canada Research Chair Professorship in Mechatronics and Industrial Automation
• NSERC-BC Packers Research Chair in Industrial Automation
• Mobil Endowed Chair Professorship

He has served as a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University (1978-1987) and as a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge (1987-1988).

He has earned Ph.D. degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978) and the University of Cambridge, England (1998), the Higher Doctorate, Sc.D., from the University of Cambridge (2020), and an honorary D.Eng. degree from the University of Waterloo, Canada (2008).

Other Fellowships: Lilly Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University; NASA-ASEE Fellow; Senior Fulbright Fellow at Cambridge University; Fellow of the Advanced Systems Institute of British Columbia; Killam Fellow; Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne; and Peter Wall Scholar at the University of British Columbia.

Awards: Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award and Takahashi Education Award, ASME Dynamic Systems & Control Division; Killam Research Prize; Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, IEEE Canada; Lifetime Achievement Award, World Automation Congress; IEEE Third Millennium Medal; Meritorious Achievement Award, Association of Professional Engineers of BC; and Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. Also, he has made 48 keynote addresses at international conferences.

Editorial Duties: Served on journals, including IEEE Trans. Control System Technology, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Trans. ASME; IEEE ASME Trans. Mechatronics; Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Mechatronic Systems and Control; Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Control and Intelligent Systems; Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems; Senior Technical Editor, Measurements and Control; and Regional Editor, North America, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence-- IFAC International Journal.

Publications: 26 technical books, 19 edited books, 51 book chapters, over 300 journal articles, and a similar number of conference papers.

Recent Books: Modeling of Dynamic Systems--With Engineering Applications, Second Edition; Sensor Systems (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2017); Sensors and Actuators: Engineering System Instrumentation (2nd Ed., Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2016); Mechanics of Materials (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2014); Mechatronics: A Foundation Course (Taylor & Francis/ CRC, 2010); Modeling and Control of Engineering Systems (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2009); Vibration: Fundamentals and Practice (2nd Ed., Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2007); Mechatronics; An Integrated Approach (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2005).

Nimali Tennakoon received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Hons) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in 1993, and the M.Phil. degree in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering from Sheffield Hallam University (UK). She is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL), a Member of IEEE, and a Member of SLAAS. She is presently a senior lecturer at the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL). Her current research interests are in soft robotics, finite element analysis, and multiaxial fatigue. Presently, she is the principal investigator in the Soft Robotics Research Group (SORRG) of OUSL. She has over 100 journal papers and conference papers.

克拉倫斯·W·德西爾瓦（Clarence W. de Silva），美國機械工程師學會（ASME）會士，電機電子工程師學會（IEEE）會士，加拿大工程學院會士，加拿大皇家學會會士，現為加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞大學（University of British Columbia）機械工程名譽教授。他曾擔任以下講座教授職位：

• 機電一體化與工業自動化高級加拿大研究講座教授


• NSERC-BC Packers工業自動化研究講座


• Mobil捐贈講座教授

他曾在卡內基梅隆大學（Carnegie Mellon University）任教（1978-1987），並於劍橋大學（University of Cambridge）擔任富布賴特訪問教授（1987-1988）。

他於麻省理工學院（Massachusetts Institute of Technology）獲得博士學位（1978），並於英國劍橋大學獲得博士學位（1998），於劍橋大學獲得高級博士學位（Sc.D.）（2020），以及於加拿大滑鐵盧大學（University of Waterloo）獲得榮譽工程博士學位（D.Eng.）（2008）。

其他會士身份：卡內基梅隆大學的Lilly Fellow；NASA-ASEE Fellow；劍橋大學的高級富布賴特研究員；不列顛哥倫比亞高級系統研究所會士；Killam Fellow；新西蘭坎特伯雷大學的Erskine Fellow；墨爾本大學的教授會士；以及不列顛哥倫比亞大學的彼得·沃爾學者（Peter Wall Scholar）。

獎項：Paynter傑出研究獎和Takahashi教育獎，ASME動態系統與控制部門；Killam研究獎；IEEE加拿大傑出工程教育者獎；世界自動化大會終身成就獎；IEEE第三千年獎；不列顛哥倫比亞專業工程師協會傑出成就獎；以及IEEE系統、人類與控制論學會傑出貢獻獎。此外，他在國際會議上發表了48場主題演講。

編輯職務：曾擔任多本期刊的編輯，包括IEEE Trans. Control System Technology、Journal of Dynamic Systems、Measurement and Control、Trans. ASME；IEEE ASME Trans. Mechatronics；國際機電系統與控制期刊主編；國際控制與智能系統期刊主編；國際知識基礎智能工程系統期刊主編；Measurements和Control的高級技術編輯；以及人工智慧工程應用的北美區域編輯--IFAC國際期刊。

出版物：26本技術書籍，19本編輯書籍，51章書籍，超過300篇期刊文章，以及相似數量的會議論文。

近期書籍：動態系統建模--工程應用，第二版；感測器系統（Taylor & Francis/CRC Press，2017）；感測器與執行器：工程系統儀器（第二版，Taylor & Francis/CRC Press，2016）；材料力學（Taylor & Francis/CRC Press，2014）；機電一體化：基礎課程（Taylor & Francis/CRC，2010）；工程系統的建模與控制（Taylor & Francis/CRC Press，2009）；振動：基礎與實踐（第二版，Taylor & Francis/CRC Press，2007）；機電一體化：綜合方法（Taylor & Francis/CRC Press，2005）。

尼瑪莉·特納昆（Nimali Tennakoon）於1993年獲得斯里蘭卡佩拉德尼亞大學（University of Peradeniya）機械工程學士（榮譽）學位，並於謝菲爾德哈倫大學（Sheffield Hallam University）獲得材料與製造工程的M.Phil.學位。她是特許工程師，並且是斯里蘭卡工程師學會（IESL）會員，IEEE會員，以及斯里蘭卡科學與藝術學會（SLAAS）會員。她目前是斯里蘭卡開放大學（Open University of Sri Lanka）的高級講師。她目前的研究興趣包括軟體機器人、有限元素分析和多軸疲勞。目前，她是斯里蘭卡開放大學軟體機器人研究小組（Soft Robotics Research Group, SORRG）的首席研究員。她擁有超過100篇期刊論文和會議論文。