Elasticity in Engineering Mechanics - Hardcover

Boresi, Arthur Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0135004713 ISBN 13: 9780135004715

Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR, 1987

Synopsis

Comprehensive, accessible, and LOGICAL–an outstanding treatment of elasticity in engineering mechanics
Arthur Boresi and Ken Chong′s Elasticity in Engineering Mechanics has been prized by many aspiring and practicing engineers as an easy–to–navigate guide to an area of engineering science that is fundamental to aeronautical, civil, and mechanical engineering, and to other branches of engineering. With its focus not only on elasticity theory but also on concrete applications in real engineering situations, this acclaimed work is a core text in a spectrum of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and a superior reference for engineering professionals. With more than 200 graphs, charts, and tables, this Second Edition includes:
∗ A complete solutions manual for instructors
∗ Clear explorations of such topics as deformation and stress, stress–strain–temperature relations, plane elasticity with respect to rectangular and polar coordinates, thermal stresses, and end loads
∗ Discussions of deformation and stress treated separately for clarity, with emphasis on both their independence and mathematical similarities
∗ An overview of the mathematical preliminaries to all aspects of elasticity, from stress analysis to vector fields, from the divergence theorem to tensor algebra
∗ Real–world examples and problem sets illustrating the most common elasticity solutions–such as equilibrium equations, the Galerkin vector, and Kelvin′s problem
∗ A series of appendixes covering advanced topics such as complex variables and couple–stress theory

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Review

"Designers can utilize the contents of this book to understand the value as well as the limitations of the data." (Corrosion Review, August 2002)

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Comprehensive, accessible, and logical an outstanding treatment of elasticity in engineering mechanics

Elasticity in Engineering Mechanics has been prized by many aspiring and practicing engineers as an easy–to–navigate guide to an area of engineering science that is fundamental to aeronautical, civil, and mechanical engineering, and to other branches of engineering. With its focus not only on elasticity theory, including nano– and biomechanics, but also on concrete applications in real engineering situations, this acclaimed work is a core text in a spectrum of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and a superior reference for engineering professionals. With more than 200 graphs, charts, and tables, this Third Edition includes:

• Clear explorations of such topics as deformation and stress, stress–strain–temperature relations, plane elasticity, thermal stresses, and end loads
• Discussions of deformation and stress treated separately for clarity, with emphasis on both their independence and mathematical similarities
• An overview of the mathematical preliminaries to all aspects of elasticity, from stress analysis to vector fields, from the divergence theorem to tensor algebra
• Real–world examples and problem sets illustrating the most common elasticity solutions such as equilibrium equations, the Galerkin vector, and Kelvin′s problem
• Highlights of the similarities and differences between molecular dynamics and continuum theory
• Presentations of molecular dynamics, including the subjects of definition of temperature at atomistic scale, and interatomic potentials, forces, and stiffness matrices
• Discussions and real–world examples of biomechanics, including the subjects of finite strain elasticity, constitutive equations of soft biological tissues, incompressibility, aneurysm, plaque on artery wall, and active stresses
• A series of appendixes covering advanced topics such as complex variables, couple–stress theory, micromorphic theory, and concurrent atomistic/continuum theory

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0135004713
• ISBN 13: 9780135004715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1000