Continuum mechanics through the Twentieth century [electronic resource] : a concise historical perspective / Gérard A. Maugin.
This overview of the development of continuum mechanics throughout the twentieth century is unique and ambitious. Utilizing a historical perspective, it combines an exposition on the technical progress made in the field and a marked interest in the role played by remarkable individuals and scientifi...
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| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Solid mechanics and its applications ;
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Table of Contents:
- The Land Clearers and the "Classics"
- Transition to the 20th Century
- Rheology and Nonlinear Elasticity
- The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Spirit
- Axiomatization and Thermo-Mechanics
- The British School of Elasticity, Plasticity and Defects: Applied Mathematics
- The French Masters
- The Polish Strength
- German Revival in Continuum Mechanics After WWII
- European Miscellanei and Asia
- The Soviet and Russian Schools
- Continuum Mechanics and Electromagnetism
- Generalized Continuum Mechanics: Various Paths
- Configurational Mechanics
- Relativistic Continuum Mechanics: A 20th Century Adventure
- Epilogue.