Elasticity and Plasticity of Large Deformations
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O[eU{ ;P %'_:#!9 This book is based on the lecture notes of courses given by the author over the
nTGZ2C)c<' last decade at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg and the Technical
V defgq@< University of Berlin. Since the author is concerned with researching material theory
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i2rSP $j students close to the frontiers of today's knowledge in this particular field, an
nM:<l}~v{ opportunity now offered also to the reader.
@: =vK?8L The reader should be familiar with vectors and matrices, and with the basics of
&JKQH calculus and analysis. Concerning mechanics, the book starts right from the beginning
H eO& p@ without assuming much knowledge of the subject. Hence, the text should
l2 YClK be generally comprehensible to all engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and
@ext6cFe3< others.
=+Odu At the beginning of each new section, a brief Comment on the Literature contains
b_6cK# recommendations for further reading. Throughout the text we quote only the
]0 = |?n$7 important contributions to the subject matter. We are far from being complete or
lMh >eX exhaustive in our references, and we apologise to any colleagues not mentioned in
1a V32oK spite of their important contributions to the particular items.
\`["IkSg7 It is intended to indicate any corrections to this text on our website
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B(vCi^ comments and suggestions to
@t 1pB]O: bertram@mb.uni-magdeburg.de.
