Elasticity with Mathematica ®: An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics and Linear Elasticity

Andrei Constantinescu/ Alexander Korsunsky

ISBN 10: 0521842018 / ISBN 13: 9780521842013

Editore: Cambridge Univ Pr, 2008

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1st edition. 255 pages. 10.00x6.75x0.75 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo x-0521842018

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Casa editrice: Cambridge Univ Pr

Data di pubblicazione: 2008

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Brand New

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This book introduces key ideas and principles in the theory of elasticity with the help of symbolic computation. Differential and integral operators on vector and tensor fields of displacements, strains and stresses are considered on a consistent and rigorous basis with respect to curvilinear orthogonal coordinate systems. As a consequence, vector and tensor objects can be manipulated readily, and fundamental concepts can be illustrated and problems solved with ease. The method is illustrated using a variety of plane and three-dimensional elastic problems. General theorems, fundamental solutions, displacements and stress potentials are presented and discussed. The Rayleigh-Ritz method for obtaining approximate solutions is introduced for elastostatic and spectral analysis problems. Containing more than 60 exercises and solutions in the form of Mathematica notebooks that accompany every chapter, the reader can learn and master the techniques while applying them to a large range of practical and fundamental problems.

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Review of the hardback: '... a useful book for anybody interested in problems in elasticity ... provides a refreshing alternative to throwing every problem into a finite element solver. It would be an excellent textbook for a graduate course in elasticity.' Contemporary Physics