Elasticity for Geotechnicians

A Modern Exposition of Kelvin, Boussinesq, Flamant, Cerruti, Melan, and Mindlin Problems

von Paolo Podio-Guidugli, Antonino Favata

178 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book deals in a modern manner with a family of named problems from an old and mature subject, classical elasticity. These problems are formulated over either a half or the whole of a linearly elastic and isotropic two- or three-dimensional space, subject to loads concentrated at points or lines. The discussion of each problem begins with a careful examination of the prevailing symmetries, and proceeds with inverting the canonical order, in that it moves from a search for balanced stress fields to the associated strain and displacement fields.The book, although slim, is  fairly well self-contained; the only prerequisite is a reasonable familiarity with linear algebra (in particular, manipulation of vectors and tensors) and with the usual differential operators of mathematical physics (gradient, divergence, curl, and Laplacian); the few nonstandard notions are introduced with care. Support material for all parts of the book is found in the final Appendix.

• Reihe: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications
• Themen: Technologie, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Landwirtschaft, Industrieprozesse Maschinenbau und Werkstoffe Maschinenbau
• ISBN: 9783319012575
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2013
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing