Stress and strain
Subtitle: basic concepts of continuum mechanics for geologists
By: W. D. Means.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Rock deformation.; Rock mechanics.; Continuum mechanics.
Description: This text provides an extensive introduction to the theories of stress and strain. The first section introduces fundamental ideas such as the distinction between instantaneous quantities like stress and two-state quantities like finite strain. Part two discusses stress in detail. Part three treats deformation and strain, introduces infinitesimal and finite strain tensors and discusses strain history.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 325-328.
Includes index.