Anisotropic Elasticity: Theory and Applications

by Thomas C. T. Ting

Overview

Anisotropic Elasticity offers for the first time a comprehensive survey of the analysis of anisotropic materials that can have up to twenty-one elastic constants. Focusing on the mathematically elegant and technically powerful Stroh formalism as a means to understanding the subject, the author tackles a broad range of key topics, including antiplane deformations, Green's functions, stress singularities in composite materials, elliptic inclusions, cracks, thermo-elasticity, and piezoelectric materials, among many others. Well written, theoretically rigorous, and practically oriented, the book will be welcomed by students and researchers alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195074475
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/15/1996
Series:	Oxford Engineering Science Series , #45
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.27(h) x 1.67(d)

About the Author

University of Illinois at Chicago

Table of Contents

1. Matrix Algebra2. Linear Anisotropic Elastic Materials3. Antiplane Deformations4. The Lekhnitskii Formalism5. The Stroh Formalism6. The Structures and Identities of the Elasticity Matrices7. Transformation of the Elasticity Matrices and Dual Coordinate Systems8. Green's Functions for Infinite Space, Half-Space, and Composite Space9. Particular Solutions, Stress Singularities, and Stress Decay10. Anisotropic Materials With an Elliptic Boundary11. Anisotropic Media With a Crack or a Rigid Line Inclusion12. Steady State Motion and Surface Waves13. Degenerate and Near Degenerate Materials14. Generalization of the Stroh Formalism15. Three-Dimensional Deformations

Editorial Reviews

A presentation of two-dimensional deformations of anisotropic elastic solids employing the Stroh formalism and avoiding complicated theory and analysis. Ting (applied mechanics, U. of Illinois) demonstrates: matrix algebra, linear anistropic elastic materials, antiplane deformations, the Lekhnitskii formalism, transformation of matrices, infinite space, stress decay, steady state motion and surface waves, the generalization of the Stroh formalism, and three-dimensional deformations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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