{"product_id":"viscoelasticity-9783662022788","title":"Viscoelasticity","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wilhelm Flügge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Chemistry - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo mathematical theory can completely describe the complex world around us. Every theory is aimed at a certain class of phenomena, formulates their essential features, and disregards what is of minor importance. The theory meets its limits of applicability where a dis- regarded influence becomes important. Thus, rigid-body dynamics describes in many cases the motion of actual bodies with high accu- racy, but it fails to produce more than a few general statements in the case of impact, because elastic or anelastic deformation, no matter how local or how small, attains a dominating influence. For a long time mechanics of deformable bodies has been based upon Hooke's law - that is, upon thE\" assumption of linear elasticity. It was well known that most engineering materials like metals, con- crde, wood, soil, are not linearly elastic or, are so within limits too narrow to cover tne range of pl'actical intcrest. Nevertheless, almost all routine stress analysis is still based on Hooke T s law be- cause of its simplicity. In the course of time engineers have become increasingly con- scious of the importance of the anelastic behavior of many materials, and mathematical formulations have been attempted and applied to practical problems. Outstanding among them are the theories of ide- ally plastic and of viscoelastic materials. While plastic behavior is essentially nonlinear (piecewise linear at best), viscoelasticity, like elasticity, permits a linear theory. This theory of linear visco- elasticity is the subject of tbe present book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45281058062487,"sku":"9783662022788","price":3672.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783662022788.webp?v=1769298094","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/viscoelasticity-9783662022788","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}