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Elasticity

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. J. R. Barber

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, USA

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Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications (SMIA, volume 12)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. General Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-19

    3. Equilibrium and Compatibility

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      Pages 21-28

  3. Two-Dimensional Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Plane Strain and Plane Stress

      • J. R. Barber
      Pages 31-37

    3. Stress Function Formulation

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      Pages 39-44

    4. Problems in Rectangular Coördinates

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      Pages 45-57

    5. End Effects

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      Pages 59-65

    6. Body Forces

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      Pages 67-81

    7. Problems in Polar Coördinates

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      Pages 83-95

    8. Calculation of Displacements

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      Pages 97-106

    9. Curved Beam Problems

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      Pages 107-119

    10. Wedge Problems

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      Pages 121-137

    11. Plane Contact Problems

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      Pages 139-163

    12. Forces, Dislocations and Cracks

      • J. R. Barber
      Pages 165-178

    13. Thermoelasticity

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      Pages 179-185

  4. Three Dimensional Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Displacement Function Solutions

      • J. R. Barber
      Pages 189-197

    3. The Boussinesq Potentials

      • J. R. Barber
      Pages 199-210
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About this book

The subject of Elasticity can be approached from several points of view, depending on whether the practitioner is principally interested in the mathematicalstructure of the subject or in its use in engineering applications and in the latter case, whether essentially numerical or analytical methods are envisaged as the solution method. My first introduction to the subject was in response to a need for information about a specific problem in Tribology. As a practising engineer with a background only in elementary Strength of Materials, I approached that problem initially using the con­ cepts of concentrated forces and superposition. Today, with a rather more extensive knowledge of analytical techniques in Elasticity, I still find it helpful to go back to these roots in the elementary theory and think through a problem physically as well as mathematically, whenever some new and unexpected feature presents difficulties in research. This way of thinking will be found to permeate this book. My engineering background will also reveal itself in a tendency to work examples through to final expressions for stresses and displacements, rather than leave the derivation at a point where the remaining manipulations would be routine. With the practical engineering reader in mind, I have endeavoured to keep to a minimum any dependence on previous knowledge of Solid Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics or Mathematics.

Reviews

'...this book is a very good addition to the available literature on elasticity and can be used as a textbook for the first year graduate course on linear elasticity.' Applied Mechanics Reviews, 45:12 (1992)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, USA

    J. R. Barber

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