7R11. Transient Aerohydroelasticity of Spherical Bodies. Foundations of Engineering Mechanics. - AG Gorshkov and DV Tarlakovsky (Dept of Appl Mech, Moscow Aviation Inst, Volokolamskoe Shosse 4, Moscow, 125871, Russia). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2001. 289 pp. ISBN 3-540-42151-3. $99.00.
Reviewed by GA Maugin (Lab de Modelisation en Mec, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie, Tour 66, 4 Place Jussieu, Case 162, Paris Cedex 05, 75252, France).
This book is authored by two scientists from the Department of Applied Mechanics of the Moscow Institute of Aviation. Although the title does not render justice to the contents, it is indeed a book about problems met with the transient interaction of deformable bodies with a surrounding medium, say a fluid or another solid, in special contact conditions. This involves interfaces, some of which being part of the looked-for solution. Here, however, as indicated by the title, homogeneous bodies and composite structures considered all have spherical shapes....
