This reference work offers a method of deriving exact solutions to the biharmonic equation in the context of elasticity problems, and proposes a number of new solutions. Beginning with an in-depth presentation of a general mathematical model, this text proceeds to outline specif…
Cover -- Series page -- Physics of elasticity and crystal defects -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Contents -- Preface -- 1: Strain -- 1.1 The continuum approximation -- 1.2 What is deformation? -- 1.3 The displacement vector and the strain tensor -- 1.3.1 Normal strain and shear str…
Although linear elasticity of defects in solids is well established, this textbook introduces the subject in a novel way by comparing key concepts at the atomic scale and at the usual continuum scale, and it explores the relationships between these treatments. There are exercise…
