Engineering Mechanics

PIOLA-KIRCHHOFF Stresses

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February 5, 2022

CAUCHY’s Stress Tensor

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February 5, 2022

Kinetics: Forces and Stresses

In the previous chapter, the geometrical description of deformation and motion of…

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February 5, 2022

Change of Reference Frame

If two observers describe their spaces by position vectors with respect to…

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February 5, 2022

Material and Local Time Derivatives

Strain Rates

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February 5, 2022

Strain tensors

As the deformation gradient may include (rigid) rotations, it cannot be used…

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February 5, 2022

Deformation

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February 5, 2022

Kinematics: Motion and Deformation

The following chapter provides an introduction into the description of finite (large)…

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February 5, 2022

Continuum Hypothesis

Introduction Continuum mechanics is concerned with motion and deformation of material objects,…

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February 5, 2022

Characterisation of Materials

Materials testing has a long tradition and is based on the desire…

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February 5, 2022