Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword to French edition
- Foreword to English edition
- Introduction
- Notation
- 1 Elements of the physical mechanisms of deformation and fracture
- 2 Elements of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics
- 3 Identification and rheological classification of real solids
- 4 Linear elasticity, thermoelasticity and viscoelasticity
- 5 Plasticity
- 6 Viscoplasticity
- 7 Damage mechanics
- 8 Crack mechanics
- Index
Introduction
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword to French edition
- Foreword to English edition
- Introduction
- Notation
- 1 Elements of the physical mechanisms of deformation and fracture
- 2 Elements of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics
- 3 Identification and rheological classification of real solids
- 4 Linear elasticity, thermoelasticity and viscoelasticity
- 5 Plasticity
- 6 Viscoplasticity
- 7 Damage mechanics
- 8 Crack mechanics
- Index
Summary
Well done reader, you have been bold enough to open this book! and now you will be rewarded with a few explanations.
First on its title: the book deals with mechanics, that is the study of equilibrium and motion by considering relations between forces (or stresses) and displacements (or strains), time, and possibly temperature. It is applied to the structural materials used in mechanical and civil engineering: metals and alloys, natural organic materials (wood) or synthetics (plastics), and concrete. Thus, it is concerned with the study of the properties of resistance to deformation and fracture. These properties are intrinsic to the material, and are usually defined with reference to a volume element, independent of the geometry of the body under study.
On its spirit: the writing of the book has been organized to facilitate transfer of knowledge to engineering science: fundamental knowledge oriented towards practical applications, knowledge of macroscopic properties for formulating macroscopic laws of material behaviour, and a synthesis of the knowledge of theoretical and practical aspects. The recent progress in the mechanics of solid materials has resulted from simultaneous and decisive developments in all these fields:
At the fundamental level, it is the synthesis of continuum mechanics with the method of local state in thermodynamics. At the level of applications, it is a recognition of the need to ensure higher safety and economy in the building of more sophisticated structures. It also recognizes the possibility of using faster computers to solve nonlinear problems numerically.
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- Mechanics of Solid Materials , pp. xvii - xxPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1990