The rational mechanics of flexible or elastic bodies 1638 - 1788

2. Auflage 1960
ISBN: 978-3-7643-1441-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 2 / 11,2, 421 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 1494 g

Reihe: Leonhard Euler, Opera Omnia

1 We search the concepts and methods ) of the theory of deformable sonds from GALILEO to LAGRANGE. Neither of them achieved much in our subject, but their works serve as 2 termini: With GALILEO's Discorsi in 1638 our matter begins ) (for this is the history of mathematical theory), while LAGRANGE's Mechanique Analitique closed the mechanics of 1) There are three major historical works that bear on our subject. The first is A history of the theory of elasticity and of the strength of materials by I. ToDHUNTER, "edited and completed" by K. PEARSON, Vol. I, Cambridge, 1886. Unfortunately it is necessary to give warning that this book fails to meet the standard set by the histories ToDHUNTER lived to finish. Much of what ToDHUNTER left seems to be rather the rough notes for a book than the book itself; the parts due to PEARSON are fortunately distinguished by square brackets. Researches prior to 1800 are disposed of in the first chapter, 79 pages long and almost entirely the work of PEARSON; as frontispiece to a work whose title restricts it to theory he saw fit to supply a possibly original pen drawing entitled "Rupture. Sur­ faces of Cast-Iron".

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Euler, Leonhard

Truesdell, C.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Kontinuumsmechanik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik