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Table of Contents

1.
Introductory Remarks 1
2.
Concept of Stress 1
3.
Equations of Equilibrium 4
4.
Concept of Strain 6
5.
Strain-Displacement Relations 8
6.
Material Characterization 12
7.
Boundary Conditions 14
8.
Work done by External Forces 16
9.
Principle of Minimum Potential Energy 18
10.
A Uniqueness Theorem 20
11.
Deformation Field in an Axially Loaded Bar 20
12.
Bending of Beams by Terminal Couples 28


ESM/MSE 4984 Computer Simulation of Material Behavior

Continuum Mechanics


 
Norma Guynn
1998-09-09