Mechanics in Material Space: With Applications to Defect and Fracture Mechanics

by Reinhold Kienzler and George Herrmann

The aim of the book is to present, in a novel and unified fashion, the elements of Mechanics in Material Space or Configurational Mechanics, with applications to fracture and defect mechanics. This mechanics, in contrast to Newtonian mechanics in physical space, is concerned with defects such as cracks and dislocations, which are embedded in the material and might move in it. The level is kept accessible to any engineer, scientist or graduate student...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540669655
• ISBN13: 9783540669654
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"