Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About the cover
- Preface
- 1 Vector calculus
- 2 The concepts of force and moment
- 3 Static equilibrium
- 4 The mechanical behaviour of fibres
- 5 Fibres: time-dependent behaviour
- 6 Analysis of a one-dimensional continuous elastic medium
- 7 Biological materials and continuum mechanics
- 8 Stress in three-dimensional continuous media
- 9 Motion: the time as an extra dimension
- 10 Deformation and rotation, deformation rate and spin
- 11 Local balance of mass, momentum and energy
- 12 Constitutive modelling of solids and fluids
- 13 Solution strategies for solid and fluid mechanics problems
- 14 Solution of the one-dimensional diffusion equation by means of the Finite Element Method
- 15 Solution of the one-dimensional convection-diffusion equation by means of the Finite Element Method
- 16 Solution of the three-dimensional convection-diffusion equation by means of the Finite Element Method
- 17 Shape functions and numerical integration
- 18 Infinitesimal strain elasticity problems
- References
- Index
12 - Constitutive modelling of solids and fluids
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About the cover
- Preface
- 1 Vector calculus
- 2 The concepts of force and moment
- 3 Static equilibrium
- 4 The mechanical behaviour of fibres
- 5 Fibres: time-dependent behaviour
- 6 Analysis of a one-dimensional continuous elastic medium
- 7 Biological materials and continuum mechanics
- 8 Stress in three-dimensional continuous media
- 9 Motion: the time as an extra dimension
- 10 Deformation and rotation, deformation rate and spin
- 11 Local balance of mass, momentum and energy
- 12 Constitutive modelling of solids and fluids
- 13 Solution strategies for solid and fluid mechanics problems
- 14 Solution of the one-dimensional diffusion equation by means of the Finite Element Method
- 15 Solution of the one-dimensional convection-diffusion equation by means of the Finite Element Method
- 16 Solution of the three-dimensional convection-diffusion equation by means of the Finite Element Method
- 17 Shape functions and numerical integration
- 18 Infinitesimal strain elasticity problems
- References
- Index
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- BiomechanicsConcepts and Computation, pp. 194 - 209Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009