Mechanics Today

Download or read book Mechanics Today written by S. Nemat-Nasser and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mechanics Today: Volume 1 is a collection of articles from researchers in the field of applied mechanics. The articles contained in this volume provide the fundamental, analytical and experimental results (where applicable) aspects of the subject matter being discussed. The book has chapters focusing on the dynamic effects in brittle fracture; qualitative theory of the ordinary differential equations of nonlinear elasticity; general variational principles for nonlinear, incremental, and linear elasticity; and the theory of viscometric flow. Physicists, engineers, metallurgists, materials scientists, and students of materials science and applied physics will find this text a good source of information.