Applied mechanics of solids /
Allan F. Bower.
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010.
- xxv, 794 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Governing equations -- Constitutive models : relations between stress and strain -- Solutions to simple boundary and initial value problems -- Solutions for linear elastic solids -- Solutions for plastic solids -- Finite element analysis -- Finite element analysis : theory and implementation -- Modeling material failure -- Solutions for rods, beams, membranes, plates, and shells -- Appendix A : review of vectors and matrices -- Appendix B : introduction to tensors and their properties -- Appendix C : index notation for vector and tensor operations -- Appendix D : vectors and tensor operations in polar coordinates -- Appendix E : miscellaneous derivations.