Nonlinear Elasticity and Theoretical Mechanics: In Honour of A. E. Green

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Author: Naghdi

ISBN-10: 0198534868

ISBN-13: 9780198534860

Category: Structural Engineering - General & Miscellaneous

The pioneering and wide-ranging research of A. E. Green—one of the outstanding British researchers in theoretical and applied mechanics—is the subject of this important new volume. Featuring sixteen up-to-date research papers written by his eminent colleagues and friends, the book covers a variety of topics from thermodynamics to problems associated with crystals; linear, nonlinear and fibre-reinforced elastic materials; and viscoplastic and granular materials. Perfect for students and...

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The pioneering and wide-ranging research of A. E. Green—one of the outstanding British researchers in theoretical and applied mechanics—is the subject of this important new volume. Featuring sixteen up-to-date research papers written by his eminent colleagues and friends, the book covers a variety of topics from thermodynamics to problems associated with crystals; linear, nonlinear and fibre-reinforced elastic materials; and viscoplastic and granular materials. Perfect for students and researchers alike, Nonlinear Elasticity and Theoretical Mechanics is a superb tribute to the work of one of England's great scientists.

1. Quasistatic Cycles in Dynamic Linear Thermoelasticity2. The Second-order Deformation of an Incompressible Isotropic Slab Under Torsion3. Reversible and Non-dissipative Processes4. Convexity Consideration for the Biharmonic Equation in Place Polars with Applications to Elasticity5. Bending of a Beam or Wide Strip6. Finite-amplitude Waves in Deformed Mooney-rivlin Materials7. Continuum Theory for Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals8. Fourier-transform Solution of a Boussinesq Problem for a Hexagonally Aelotropic Elastic Half-space9. Asymptotic and Other Estimates for a Similinear Elliptic Equation in a Cylinder10. Closure of an Arc Crack in an Isotropic HomogeneousMaterial Due to Unaxial Loading11. Linear Dynamical Stability in Constrained Thermoelasticity I. Deformation—Temperature Constraints12. Linear Dynamical Stability in Constrained Thermoelasticity II. Deformation—Entropy Constraints13. Deformations of an Elastic, Internally Constrained MaterialPart 2: Non-homogeneous Deformations14. Finite Deformations of a Fibre-reinforced Cantilever: Distributed-load Solutions15. Gravity Flow of a Granular Material in Compression BetweenVertical Walls and Through a Tapering Vertical Channel16. On the Dynamical Theory of Rigid-viscoplastic Materials