Elasticity for geotechnicians [electronic resource] : a modern exposition of Kelvin, Boussinesq, Flamant, Cerruti, Melan, and Mindlin problems / Paolo Podio-Guidugli, Antonino Favata.

9783319012582 electronic book
3319012584 electronic book
9783319012575

Cham : Springer, [2013?]

©2014

English

1 online resource (xvi, 178 pages) : illustrations.

10.1007/978-3-319-01258-2 doi

QA931

531/.382

This book deals in a modern manner with a family of named problems from an old and mature subject, classical elasticity. These problems are formulated over either a half or the whole of a linearly elastic and isotropic two- or three-dimensional space, subject to loads concentrated at points or lines. The discussion of each problem begins with a careful examination of the prevailing symmetries, and proceeds with inverting the canonical order, in that it moves from a search for balanced stress fields to the associated strain and displacement fields. The book, although slim, is fairly well self-contained; the only prerequisite is a reasonable familiarity with linear algebra (in particular, manipulation of vectors and tensors) and with the usual differential operators of mathematical physics (gradient, divergence, curl, and Laplacian); the few nonstandard notions are introduced with care. Support material for all parts of the book is found in the final Appendix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Solid mechanics and its applications ; v.204.

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