Non-linear theory of elasticity and optimal design : how to build safe economical machines and structures : how to build proven reliable physical theory /

In order to select an optimal structure among possible similar structures, one needs to compare the elastic behavior of the structures. A new criterion that describes elastic behavior is the rate of change of deformation. Using this criterion, the safe dimensions of a structure that are required by...

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Main Author: Ratner, Leah W.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2003.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In order to select an optimal structure among possible similar structures, one needs to compare the elastic behavior of the structures. A new criterion that describes elastic behavior is the rate of change of deformation. Using this criterion, the safe dimensions of a structure that are required by the stress distributed in a structure can be calculated. The new non-linear theory of elasticity allows one to determine the actual individual limit of elasticity/failure of a structure using a simple non-destructive method of measurement of deformation on the model of a structure while presently it can be done only with a destructive test for each structure. For building and explaining the theory, a new logical structure was introduced as the basis of the theory. One of the important physical implications of this logic is that it describes mathematically the universal domain of the possible stable physical relations.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 269 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index.
ISBN:9780444514271
0444514279
9780080537603
008053760X