This treatise attempts to portray the ideas and general principles of the theory of materials within the framework of phenomenological continuum mechanics. It provides a mathematical introduction to classical continuum mechanics and deals with concepts such as elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity and viscoplasticity in nonlinear materials. The aim of a general theory of material behaviour is to provide a classified range of possibilities from which a user can select the constitutive model that applies best. The book should be very valuable to graduate students in this area.
- ISBN10 3662041103
- ISBN13 9783662041109
- Publish Date 15 January 2014 (first published November 1999)
- Publish Status Withdrawn
- Out of Print 18 October 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Springer
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 600
- Language English