This volume consists of a collection of chapters by recognized experts to provide a comprehensive fundamental theoretical continuum treatment of constitutive laws used for modelling the mechanical and coupled-field properties of various types of solid materials. It covers the main types of solid material behaviour, including isotropic and anisotropic nonlinear elasticity, implicit theories, viscoelasticity, plasticity, electro- and magneto-mechanical interactions, growth, damage, thermomechanics, poroelasticity, composites and homogenization. The volume provides a general framework for research in a wide range of applications involving the deformation of solid materials. It will be of considerable benefit to both established and early career researchers concerned with fundamental theory in solid mechanics and its applications by collecting diverse material in a single volume. The readership ranges from beginning graduate students to senior researchers in academia and industry.

Collects state-of-the art chapters dealing with continuum mechanics constitutive descriptions for a wide range of solid material behaviour, including elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, damage and coupled fields (thermo-, electro- and magneto-mechanics) and heterogeneity Offers a unique collection by acknowledged experts Provides a comprehensive theoretical framework for research in solid mechanics and its applications

Inhalt

Basic Continuum Mechanics and Thermomechanics.- Nonlinear Elasticity Theory.- Viscoelasticity.- Plasticity.- Magneto/Electro Interactions.- Implicit Theories.- Damage Mechanics.- Theories of Growth.- Nonlinear Homogenization.- Porosity and Diffusion.- Multiscale Modelling within Linear Homogenization.