Elasticity and Plasticity of Large Deformations
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?*,q#ZkA9W v(`$%V. This book is based on the lecture notes of courses given by the author over the
" Q1hP9xV last decade at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg and the Technical
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yCV-L2J University of Berlin. Since the author is concerned with researching material theory
mLE`IKgd] and, in particular, elasto-plasticity, these courses were intended to bring the
tPs U7bFk students close to the frontiers of today's knowledge in this particular field, an
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G <'S The reader should be familiar with vectors and matrices, and with the basics of
i QF93:# calculus and analysis. Concerning mechanics, the book starts right from the beginning
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d@ hJ=-4 be generally comprehensible to all engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and
Gj=il-Po others.
qM+T Wp At the beginning of each new section, a brief Comment on the Literature contains
kWFR(J&R recommendations for further reading. Throughout the text we quote only the
D#0}/ important contributions to the subject matter. We are far from being complete or
.+yJ'*i$d exhaustive in our references, and we apologise to any colleagues not mentioned in
? t-2oLE spite of their important contributions to the particular items.
V 6F,X`7 It is intended to indicate any corrections to this text on our website
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K#jm6Xh?E bertram@mb.uni-magdeburg.de.
