Strength of Materials and Theory of Elasticity in 19th Century Italy A Brief Account of the History of Mechanics of Solids and Structures /

• Main Authors: Capecchi, Danilo (Author), Ruta, Giuseppe (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Advanced Structured Materials, 52
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematics.; History.; Mechanics.; Continuum mechanics.; Building materials.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Building Materials.

This book examines the theoretical foundations underpinning the field of strength of materials/theory of elasticity, beginning from the origins of the modern theory of elasticity. While the focus is on the advances made within Italy during the nineteenth century, these achievements are framed within...

Table of Contents:

• The theory of elasticity in the 19th century
• An aristocratic scholar: Gabrio Piola
• The mathematicians of the Risorgimento
• Solving statically indeterminate systems
• Computations by means of drawings
• Quotations.