Elasticity and Plasticity of Large Deformations
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8ELCs<xI MrDc$p W G Bertram
i(iXD u/M+u; 2005
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=K6($|'= This book is based on the lecture notes of courses given by the author over the
kg'o&^/= last decade at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg and the Technical
Qk,I^1w?7 University of Berlin. Since the author is concerned with researching material theory
VxVE and, in particular, elasto-plasticity, these courses were intended to bring the
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hnDBFQ{ opportunity now offered also to the reader.
gLy&esJl1 The reader should be familiar with vectors and matrices, and with the basics of
R:#k%}W calculus and analysis. Concerning mechanics, the book starts right from the beginning
EJsM(iG]~M without assuming much knowledge of the subject. Hence, the text should
|h;0H` be generally comprehensible to all engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and
~g5[$r-u-u others.
^~3SSLS4" At the beginning of each new section, a brief Comment on the Literature contains
I~ok4L?VB recommendations for further reading. Throughout the text we quote only the
J[4mLU important contributions to the subject matter. We are far from being complete or
k~jP'aD exhaustive in our references, and we apologise to any colleagues not mentioned in
9 D7+[`r(- spite of their important contributions to the particular items.
\4v]7SV It is intended to indicate any corrections to this text on our website
mGJasn http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/ifme/l-festigkeit/elastoplasti.html fp+gyTnd3 along with remarks from the readers, who are encouraged to send their frank criticisms,
_i20|v comments and suggestions to
b)=[1g/=L bertram@mb.uni-magdeburg.de.