Elasticity

Elasticity: Theory, Applications and Numerics Second Edition provides a concise and organized presentation and development of the theory of elasticity, moving from solution methodologies, formulations and strategies into applications of contemporary interest, including fracture mechanics, anisotropic/composite materials, micromechanics and computational methods. Developed as a text for a one- or two-semester graduate elasticity course, this new edition is the only elasticity text to provide coverage in the new area of non-homogenous, or graded, material behavior. Extensive end-of-chapter exercises throughout the book are fully incorporated with the use of MATLAB software.

• Provides a thorough yet concise introduction to general elastic theory and behavior
• Demonstrates numerous applications in areas of contemporary interest including fracture mechanics, anisotropic/composite and graded materials, micromechanics, and computational methods
• The only current elasticity text to incorporate MATLAB into its extensive end-of-chapter exercises
• The book's organization makes it well-suited for a one or two semester course in elastictiy

Features New to the Second Edition:

• First elasticity text to offer a chapter on non-homogenous, or graded, material behavior
• New appendix on review of undergraduate mechanics of materials theory to make the text more self-contained
• 355 end of chapter exercises – 30% NEW to this edition

Graduate students in Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace and Materials Engineering; R&D engineers in structural and mechanical design

Mathematical Preliminaries; Deformation: Displacements and Strains; Stress and Equilibrium; Material Behavior-Linear Elastic Solids; Formulation and Solution Strategies; Strain Energy and Related Principles; Two-Dimensional Formulation; Two-Dimensional Problem Solution; Extension, Torsion and Flexure of Elastic Cylinders; Complex Variable Methods; Anisotropic Elasticity; Thermoelasticity; Displacement Potentials and Stress Functions; Nonhomogeneous Elasticity; Micromechanics Applications; Numerical Finite and Boundary Element Methods; Appendix A: Basic Field Equations in Cartesian, Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates; Appendix B: Transformation of Field Variables Between Cartesian, Cylindrical and Spherical Components; Appendix C: MATLAB Primer; Appendix D: Review of Mechanics of Materials