Engineering elastoplastic mechanics

Author: Bi Jihong
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book emphasizes the fundamental concepts and theories of mechanics, strengthens the content of the chapters on stress and strain and constitutive relations, and adopts the tensor notation method to strive for concise writing and clear presentation while ensuring the rigor and unity of the theory. This book can be used as a foundational textbook for senior undergraduate students in civil, hydraulic, and engineering mechanics majors, as well as for non-mechanics graduate students. It can also serve as a reference for mechanics instructors in higher education institutions and engineering professionals. The textbook consists of 11 chapters, including Introduction, Preliminary Tensors, Stress and Strain, Constitutive Relations, Basic Theories and Solutions of Elasticity Boundary Value Problems, Solutions of Plane Problems in Rectangular Coordinates, Solutions of Plane Problems in Polar Coordinates, Torsion of Cylinders, Energy Principles, Finite Elements, and Thin Plate Theory. In terms of content organization, this book combines the discussion of elasticity and plasticity, progressing from simple to complex, highlighting fundamental concepts and theories, adopting the tensor notation method to achieve concise writing, and emphasizing the rigor of the theory. Each chapter concludes with review questions and computational problems.