1. Edition - February 2006
155.- Euro
2006. XXXVI, 858 Pages, 2 Volumes, Hardcover
390 Fig., 50 Tab. 
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31426-1
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31426-3 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim








Short description
This first integrated approach deals equally with the atomic scale, microstructures and the macroscopic level of actual components. With some 85 examples and 150 problems, it covers the three important material classes of ceramics, polymers, and metals in a didactic manner.

From the contents
Volume I: Fundamentals and Elasticity
A. Overview
Introduction
Constitutive Behaviour
B. Basics
Mathematical Preliminaries
Kinematics
Kinetics
Thermodynamics
C, Q and S Mechanics
Structure and Bonding
C. Elasticity
Continuum Elasticity
Elasticity of Structures
Molecular Basis of Elasticity
Microstructural Aspects of Elasticity
Appendix A: Units, Physical Constants and Conversion Factors
Appendix B: Properties of Structural Materials
Appendix C: Properties of Plane Areas

Volume II: Plasticity and Fracture
D. Plasticity
Continuum Plasticity
Applications of Plasticity Theory
Dislocations
Dislocations and Plasticity
Mechanisms in Polymers
Continuum Visco-elasticity
Applications of Visco-elasticity Theory
Structural Aspects of Visco-elasticity
E. Fracture
Continuum Fracture
Applications of Fracture Theory
Structural Aspects of Fracture
Fatigue
Perspective and Outlook
Appendix D: Statistics
Appendix E: Contact Mechanics