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This invaluable book has been written for engineers and engineering scientists in a style that is readable, precise, concise, and practical. It gives first priority to the formulation of problems, presenting the classical results as the gold standard, and the numerical approach as a tool for obtaining solutions. The classical part is a revision of the well-known text Foundations of Solid Mechanics, with a much-expanded discussion on the theories of plasticity and large elastic deformation with finite strains. The computational part is all new and is aimed at solving many major linear and nonlinear boundary-value problems.

Sample Chapter(s)
Chapter 1: Introduction (129 KB)
Chapter 1.1: Hooke's Law (183 KB)
Chapter 1.2: Linear Solids with Memory: Models of Viscoelasticity (169 KB)
Chapter 1.3: Sinusoidal Oscillations in a Viscoelastic Material (168 KB)
Chapter 1.4: Plasticity (145 KB)
Chapter 1.5: Vibrations (177 KB)
Chapter 1.6: Prototype of Wave Dynamics (132 KB)
Chapter 1.7: Biomechanics (115 KB)
Chapter 1.8: Historical Remarks (130 KB)
Chapter 2: Tensor Analysis (28 KB)
Chapter 3: Stress Tensor (434 KB)
Chapter 7: Linearized Theory of Elasticity (448 KB)

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Contents:
  • Tensor Analysis
  • Stress Tensor
  • Analysis of Strain
  • Conservation Laws
  • Elastic and Plastic Behavior of Materials
  • Linearized Theory of Elasticity
  • Solutions of Problems in Linearized Theory of Elasticity by Potentials
  • Two-Dimensional Problems in Linearized Theory of Elasticity
  • Variational Calculus, Energy Theorems, Saint-Venant's Principle
  • Hamilton's Principle, Wave Propagation, Applications of Generalized Coordinates
  • Elasticity and Thermodynamics
  • Irreversible Thermodynamics and Viscoelasticity
  • Thermoelasticity
  • Viscoelasticity
  • Large Deformation
  • Incremental Approach to Solving Some Nonlinear Problems
  • Finite Element Methods
  • Mixed and Hybrid Formulations
  • Finite Element Methods for Plates and Shells
  • Finite Element Modeling of Nonlinear Elasticity, Viscoelasticity, Plasticity, Viscoplasticity and Creep

Readership: Graduate and senior undergraduate students as well as researchers in computational mechanics, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, bioengineering, aeronautics, astronautics and materials science.