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Stress
Assume that F and M derive from two types of forces, namely, body forces f,…
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Linear and angular momentum principles: stress and equations of motion
Let x denote the position vector of a point in space as measured relative to…
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Basic Principles
In addressing any problem in continuum or solid mechanics, three factors must be considered: (1)…
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Computational mechanics
The digital computer revolutionized the practice of many areas of engineering and science, and solid…
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Viscoelasticity
The German physicist Wilhelm Weber noticed in 1835 that a load applied to a silk…
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Dislocations
The Italian elastician and mathematician Vito Volterra introduced in 1905 the theory of the elastostatic…
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Stress concentrations and fracture
In 1898 G. Kirsch derived the solution for the stress distribution around a circular hole…
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The general theory of elasticity
Linear elasticity as a general three-dimensional theory began to be developed in the early 1820s…
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Beams, columns, plates, and shells
The 1700s and early 1800s were a productive period during which the mechanics of simple…
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Concepts of stress, strain, and elasticity
The English scientist Robert Hooke discovered in 1660, but published only in 1678, that for…