Stress & Deformation

by Gerhard Oertel

Students of geology who may have only a modest background in mathematics need to become familiar with the theories of stress, strain, and other tensor quantities, so that they can follow, and apply to their own research, developments in modern, quantitative geology. This book, based on a course taught by the author at UCLA, can provide the proper introduction. Included throughout the eight chapters are 136 complex problems, advancing from vector algebra...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195095030
• ISBN13: 9780195095036
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"