E-Book, Englisch, Band 196, 314 Seiten, eBook
Maugin Continuum Mechanics Through the Twentieth Century
2013
ISBN: 978-94-007-6353-1
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
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A Concise Historical Perspective
E-Book, Englisch, Band 196, 314 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications
ISBN: 978-94-007-6353-1
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This overview of the development of continuum mechanics throughout the twentieth century is unique and ambitious. Utilizing a historical perspective, it combines an exposition on the technical progress made in the field and a marked interest in the role played by remarkable individuals and scientific schools and institutions on a rapidly evolving social background. It underlines the newly raised technical questions and their answers, and the ongoing reflections on the bases of continuum mechanics associated, or in competition, with other branches of the physical sciences, including thermodynamics. The emphasis is placed on the development of a more realistic modeling of deformable solids and the exploitation of new mathematical tools. The book presents a balanced appraisal of advances made in various parts of the world. The author contributes his technical expertise, personal recollections, and international experience to this general overview, which is very informative albeit concise.
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Preface 1. The Land Clearers and the “Classics” 2. Transition to the 20th Century 3. Rheology and Nonlinear Elasticity 4. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Spirit 5. Axiomatization and Thermo-Mechanics 6. The British School of Elasticity, Plasticity and Defects: Applied Mathematics 7. The French Masters 8. The Polish Strength 9. German Revival in Continuum Mechanics After WWII10. European Miscellanei and Asia11. The Soviet and Russian Schools12. Continuum Mechanics and Electromagnetism 13. Generalized Continuum Mechanics: Various Paths 14. Configurational Mechanics 15. Relativistic Continuum Mechanics: A 20th Century Adventure16. EpilogueAppendix: Selected Biographies of MechaniciansIndex




