Linear and Non-linear Mechanical Behavior of Solid Materials

• Main Author: Lexcellent, Christian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Materials science.; Engineering design.; Fluid mechanics.; Solid Mechanics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Engineering Design.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

This book offers an essential introduction to the linear and non-linear behavior of solid materials, and to the concepts of deformation, displacement and stress, within the context of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics. To illustrate the fundamental principles, the book starts with an overview o...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: elementary concepts
• Thermodynamics framework for modeling solid materials
• Linear elastic behavior, thermo-elasticity
• Yield elasticity criteria
• Multiaxial plasticity
• Visco-elasticity
• Viscoplasticity
• The shape memory alloys
• Behavior of magnetic shape memory alloys
• Mechanical elements of fracture and damage.