Continuum Mechanics through the Ages - From the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century From Hydraulics to Plasticity /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Maugin, Gérard A. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 223
• Θέματα: Engineering.; History.; Mathematical models.; Continuum physics.; Continuum mechanics.; Materials science.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Materials Science, general.; History of Science.

Mixing scientific, historic and socio-economic vision, this unique book complements two previously published volumes on the history of continuum mechanics from this distinguished author. In this volume, Gérard A. Maugin looks at the period from the renaissance to the twentieth century and he include...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• 1 Particles/Molecules vs Continuum: the Never-Ending Debate
• 2 Hydraulics: The Importance of Observations and Experiments
• 3 On Porous Media and Mixtures
• 4 Viscosity, Fast Flows and the Science of Flight
• 5 Duhem on Hydrodynamics and Elasticity
• 6 Poincaré and Hilbert on Continuum Mechanics
• 7 Viscoelasticity of Solids (Old and New)
• 8 Plasticity over 150 Years (1864-2014)
• 9 Fracture: To Crack or not to Crack. That is the Question. 10 Geometry and Continuum Mechanics
• 11 The Masters of Modern Continuum Mechanics
• 12 Epilogue
• Index.