This treatise attempts to portray the ideas and general principles of the theory of materials within the framework of phenomenological continuum mechanics. It is a well-written mathematical introduction to classical continuum mechanics and deals with concepts such as elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity and viscoplasticity in nonlinear materials. The aim of a general theory of material behaviour is to provide a classified range of possibilities from which a user can select the constitutive model that applies best. The book will be invaluable to graduate students of materials science in engineering and in physics.

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From the reviews: "In striving toward the encyclopedic, Haupt employs a full arsenal of geometric tools, from curvilinear coordinates to several different strain tensors for both the spatial and material formulations. The emphasis throughout is on the mechanics of solids." SIAM Review

Inhalt

1 Kinematics.- 2 Balance Relations of Mechanics.- 3 Balance Relations of Thermodynamics.- 4 Objectivity.- 5 Classical Theories of Continuum Mechanics.- 6 Experimental Observation and Mathematical Modelling.- 7 General Theory of Mechanical Material Behaviour.- 8 Dual Variables.- 9 Elasticity.- 10 Viscoelasticity.- 11 Plasticity.- 12 Viscoplasticity.- 13 Constitutive Models in Thermomechanics.- References.