a modern exposition of Kelvin, Boussinesq, Flamant, Cerruti, Melan, and Mindlin problems /
Paolo Podio-Guidugli, Antonino Favata
1 online resource (xvi, 178 pages) :
illustrations
Solid mechanics and its applications,
volume 204
0925-0042 ;
Includes bibliographical references and index
One-Dimensional Paradigms -- Part I. Preliminaries -- Elements of Linear Elasticity -- Geometric and Analytic Tools -- Part II. Three Classical Problems: Flamant's, Boussinesq's, and Kelvin's -- The Flamant Problem -- The Boussinesq Problem -- The Kelvin Problem -- Part III. Three Other Problems: Melan's, Mindlin's, and Cerruti's -- The Melan and Mindlin Problems -- The Cerruti Problem
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This book deals in a modern manner with a family of named problems from an old and mature subject, classical elasticity. These problems are formulated over either a half or the whole of a linearly elastic and isotropic two- or three-dimensional space, subject to loads concentrated at points or lines. The discussion of each problem begins with a careful examination of the prevailing symmetries, and proceeds with inverting the canonical order, in that it moves from a search for balanced stress fields to the associated strain and displacement fields. The book, although slim, is fairly well self-contained; the only prerequisite is a reasonable familiarity with linear algebra (in particular, manipulation of vectors and tensors) and with the usual differential operators of mathematical physics (gradient, divergence, curl, and Laplacian); the few nonstandard notions are introduced with care. Support material for all parts of the book is found in the final Appendix