Classical and Advanced Theories of Thin Structures Mechanical and Mathematical Aspects /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Morassi, Antonino (Editor), Paroni, Roberto (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2008.
• Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, 503
• Subjects: Physics.; Mechanics.; Continuum mechanics.; Structural mechanics.; Structural Mechanics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

The book presents an updated state-of-the-art overview of the general aspects and practical applications of the theories of thin structures, through the interaction of several topics, ranging from non-linear thin-films, shells, junctions, beams of different materials and in different contexts (elast...

Table of Contents:

• Strain, stress and linearized elasticity
• Constitutive equations and variational elasticity
• An introduction to ?-convergence methods for thin structures
• Concepts in the mechanics of thin structures
• A brief introduction to mathematical shell theory
• Non-Brittle and Brittle Thin Films — Lectures I, II
• A Young measure approach to a nonlinear membrane model — Lecture III
• Bending moment and higher order membrane models-lecture IV
• 3D-2D asymptotic analysis for inhomogeneous thin films — lectures V, VI.