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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337464003321

Autore

Vardoulakis (Deceased) Ioannis

Titolo

Cosserat Continuum Mechanics : With Applications to Granular Media / / by Ioannis Vardoulakis (Deceased)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-95156-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 179 p. 68 illus., 43 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, , 1860-0816 ; ; 87

Disciplina

531

Soggetti

Mechanics, Applied

Solids

Engineering geology

Soft condensed matter

Solid Mechanics

Geoengineering

Soft and Granular Matter

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Rigid-body mechanics and motors -- Cosserat continuum kinematics -- Cosserat continuum statics -- Cosserat continuum dynamics -- Cosserat continuum energetics -- Cosserat-elastic bodies -- Cosserat fluids -- Mechanics of discrete granular media.

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook explores the theory of Cosserat continuum mechanics, and covers fundamental tools, general laws and major models, as well as applications to the mechanics of granular media. While classical continuum mechanics is based on the axiom that the stress tensor is symmetric, theories such as that expressed in the seminal work of the brothers Eugène and François Cosserat are characterized by a non-symmetric stress tensor. The use of von Mises motor mechanics is introduced, for the compact mathematical description of the mechanics and statics of Cosserat continua, as the Cosserat continuum is a manifold of oriented “rigid particles” with 3 dofs of displacement and 3



dofs of rotation, rather than a manifold of points with 3 dofs of displacement. Here, the analysis is restricted to infinitesimal particle displacements and rotations. This book is intended as a valuable supplement to standard Continuum Mechanics courses, and graduate students as well as researchers in mechanics and applied mathematics will benefit from its self-contained text, which is enriched by numerous examples and exercises. .