Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering Materials Volume 1: Static and Quasi-Static Loading

Volume I: Preface. List of symbols. Introduction. 1. Cartesian Tensors. 2. Analysis of Stress. 3. Deformation and Strain. Analysis of Motion. 4. Thermomechanical Continua. 5. Transition to the Response Behaviour of Engineering Materials. 6. Elastic Response Behaviour. 7. Elastic-Plastic Behaviour. 8. Viscoelastic Behaviour. Appendix A: Curvilinear Tensors. Appendix B: Delta and Step Functions. Appendix C: Integral Transforms. Subject Index. Cumulative Subject Index. Volume II: Preface. List of symbols. Introduction. 9. Transition to the Dynamic Behaviour of Engineering Materials. 10. Plastic Instability and Localization Effects. 11. Elastic Wave Propagation. 12. Dynamic Plastic Behaviour. 13. Characterization of Linear Viscoelastic Response Using a Dynamic System Approach. 14. Viscoelastic Waves and Boundary Value Problem. 15. Transition to the dynamic behaviour of structured and heterogeneous materials. 16. The Stochastic Micromechanical Approach to the Response Behaviour of Engineering Materials. 17. Intelligent Materials - An Overview. 18. Pattern Recognition and Classification Methodology for the Characterization of Material Response States. Appendix D: The z-Transform. Subject Index. Cumulative Subject Index.