Finite Elasticity and Viscoelasticity: A Course in the Nonlinear Mechanics of Solids - Hardcover

Drozdov, Aleksey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9810224338 ISBN 13: 9789810224332

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 1996

Synopsis

This book provides a systematic and self-consistent introduction to the nonlinear continuum mechanics of solids, from the main axioms to comprehensive aspects of the theory. The objective is to expose the most intriguing aspects of elasticity and viscoelasticity with finite strains in such a way as to ensure mathematical correctness, on the one hand, and to demonstrate a wide spectrum of physical phenomena typical only of nonlinear mechanics, on the other.A novel aspect of the book is that it contains a number of examples illustrating surprising behaviour in materials with finite strains, as well as comparisons between theoretical predictions and experimental data for rubber-like polymers and elastomers.The book aims to fill a gap between mathematicians specializing in nonlinear continuum mechanics, and physicists and engineers who apply the methods of solid mechanics to a wide range of problems in civil and mechanical engineering, materials science, and polymer physics. The book has been developed from a graduate course in applied mathematics which the author has given for a number of years.

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"The text should be effective in its intended role as a graduate-level introduction, as well as providing a source of applications and giving a basis for finding some details about the foundations of mechanics. Since there are few, if any, texts having attempted quite the aim of this book ... Finite Elasticity and Viscoelasticity can be considered a useful addition to many libraries."

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810224338
• ISBN 13: 9789810224332
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 456