Differential Geometry and Continuum Mechanics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chen, Gui-Qiang G. (Editor), Grinfeld, Michael (Editor), Knops, R. J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 137
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Partial differential equations.; Mathematical physics.; Differential geometry.; Physics.; Continuum mechanics.; Materials science.; Partial Differential Equations.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Differential Geometry.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Materials Science, general.

This book examines the exciting interface between differential geometry and continuum mechanics, now recognised as being of increasing technological significance. Topics discussed include isometric embeddings in differential geometry and the relation with microstructure in nonlinear elasticity, the...