Cosserat Theories: Shells, Rods and Points

Cosserat Theories: Shells, Rods and Points by M.B. Rubin.

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Main Author: Rubin, M.B (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
Edition:1st ed. 2000.
Series:Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 79
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Mechanics.
Mechanics, Applied.
Applied mathematics.
Engineering mathematics.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Basic Tensor Operations in Curvilinear Coordinates
  • 3 Three-Dimensional Continua
  • 4 Cosserat Shells
  • 5 Cosserat Rods
  • 6 Cosserat Points
  • 7 Numerical Solutions using Cosserat Theories
  • Appendix A Tensors, Tensor Products and Tensor Operations in Three Dimensions
  • A.1 Vectors and vector operations
  • A.2 Tensors as linear operators
  • A.3 Tensor products (special case)
  • A.4 Indicial notation
  • A.5 Tensor products (general case)
  • A.6 Tensor transformation relations
  • A.7 Additional definitions and results
  • Appendix B Summary of Tensor Operations in Specific Coordinate Systems
  • B.1 Cylindrical polar coordinates
  • B 2 Spherical polar coordinates
  • Exercises
  • Acknowledgments
  • References.

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