Contact, Adhesion and Rupture of Elastic Solids /

This book is based on the analogy between contact mechanics and fracture mechanics as proposed by the author about twenty years ago. It starts with a chapter devoted to the surface energy and tension of solids and surface thermodynamics, which is followed by a chapter on elastic recall. The methods...

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Main Author:	Maugis, Daniel
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000.
Series:	Springer series in solid-state sciences ; 130.
Subjects:	Surfaces (Physics) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book