Elasticity for geotechnicians : a modern exposition of Kelvin, Boussinesq, Flamant, Cerruti, Melan, and Mindlin problems /

Elasticity for geotechnicians : a modern exposition of Kelvin, Boussinesq, Flamant, Cerruti, Melan, and Mindlin problems /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Podio-Guidugli, Paolo, author.
Imprint:	Cham : Springer, [2013?] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 178 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Solid mechanics and its applications, 0925-0042 ; volume 204 Solid mechanics and its applications ; v. 204.
Subject:	Elasticity. Elasticity -- Mathematical models. Elasticity. Elasticity -- Mathematical models.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11080936

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Other authors / contributors:	Favata, A. (Antonino), author.
ISBN:	9783319012582 3319012584 3319012576 9783319012575 9783319012575
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 24, 2013).
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Podio-Guidugli, Paolo. Elasticity for Geotechnicians : A Modern Exposition of Kelvin, Boussinesq, Flamant, Cerruti, Melan, and Mindlin Problems. Dordrecht : Springer, ©2013 9783319012575
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-01258-2

Table of Contents:

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.