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1 online resource (viii, 187 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Course of theoretical physics ; v. 7 |
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Landau, L. D. (Lev Davidovich), 1908-1968.
Teoreticheskai︠a︡ fizika (Izd. 4-e). English ; v. 7.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Theory of Elasticity; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Prefaces to the English editions; Notation; CHAPTER I. FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS; 1. The strain tensor; 2. The stress tensor; 3. The thermodynamics of deformation; 4. Hooke's law; 5. Homogeneous deformations; 6. Deformations with change of temperature; 7. The equations of equilibrium for isotropic bodies; 8. Equilibrium of an elastic medium bounded by a plane; 9. Solid bodies in contact; 10. The elastic properties of crystals; CHAPTER II. THE EQUILIBRIUM OF RODS AND PLATES; 11. The energy of a bent plate |
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12. The equation of equilibrium for a plate13. Longitudinal deformations of plates; 14. Large deflections of plates; 15. Deformations of shells; 16. Torsion of rods; 17. Bending of rods; 18. The energy of a deformed rod; 19. The equations of equilibrium of rods; 20. Small deflections of rods; 21. The stability of elastic systems; CHAPTER III. ELASTIC WAVES; 22. Elastic waves in an isotropic medium; 23. Elastic waves in crystals; 24. Surface waves; 25. Vibration of rods arid plates; 26. Anharmonic vibrations; CHAPTER IV. DISLOCATIONS |
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27. Elastic deformations in the presence of a dislocation28. The action of a stress field on a dislocation; 29. A continuous distribution of dislocations; 30. Distribution of interacting dislocations; 31. Equilibrium of a crack in an elastic medium; CHAPTER V. THERMAL CONDUCTION AND VISCOSITY IN SOLIDS; 32. The equation of thermal conduction in solids; 33. Thermal conduction in crystals; 34. Viscosity of solids; 35. The absorption of sound in solids; 36. Highly viscous fluids; CHAPTER VI. MECHANICS OF LIQUID CRYSTALS; 37. Static deformations of nematics |
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38. Straight disclinations in nematics39. Non-singular axially symmetrical solution of the equilibrium equations for a nematic; 40. Topological properties of disclinations; 41. Equations of motion of nematics; 42. Dissipative coefficients of nematics; 43. Propagation of small oscillations in nematics; 44. Mechanics of cholesterics; 45. Elastic properties of smectics; 46. Dislocations in smectics; 47. Equations of motion of smectics; 48. Sound in smectics; Index |
| Summary |
A comprehensive textbook covering not only the ordinary theory of the deformation of solids, but also some topics not usually found in textbooks on the subject, such as thermal conduction and viscosity in solids |
| Notes |
Translated from the 4th ed. of Teorii︠︡a uprugosti, 'Nauka', Moscow, 1986 |
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This ed. originally published: Oxford [England]; New York : Pergamon Press, 1986 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Elasticity.
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Elastic solids.
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Elasticity
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Solids.
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Elastic solids
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Elasticity
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Elastizitätstheorie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lifshit︠s︡, E. M. (Evgeniĭ Mikhaĭlovich)
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Kosevich, Arnolʹd Markovich
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Pitaevskiĭ, L. P. (Lev Petrovich)
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| ISBN |
9780080570693 |
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0080570690 |
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