Elasticity and Plasticity of Large Deformations
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JuJW]E Q +*.*bo This book is based on the lecture notes of courses given by the author over the
Uw4 iWcC last decade at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg and the Technical
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l0&Fm:))k students close to the frontiers of today's knowledge in this particular field, an
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qO@vXuul, The reader should be familiar with vectors and matrices, and with the basics of
`0upm%A calculus and analysis. Concerning mechanics, the book starts right from the beginning
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?y|&Mz'XJ( be generally comprehensible to all engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and
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Zb o 4{.# At the beginning of each new section, a brief Comment on the Literature contains
Q<>u) %92@ recommendations for further reading. Throughout the text we quote only the
Y%}&eN$r important contributions to the subject matter. We are far from being complete or
TG=A]--_a exhaustive in our references, and we apologise to any colleagues not mentioned in
t[|rp&xG spite of their important contributions to the particular items.
T"\ d,ug5[ It is intended to indicate any corrections to this text on our website
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V lZ+x)E comments and suggestions to
zlLZ8b+ bertram@mb.uni-magdeburg.de.
