TY - BOOK ID - 145987048 TI - Nonlinear solid mechanics : bifurcation theory and material instability PY - 2012 SN - 1107236363 1139540416 1283522233 1139527622 9786613834683 1139526421 1139532286 1139178938 1139531093 1139528815 PB - Cambridge, [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Nonlinear mechanics. KW - Materials KW - Elastic analysis (Engineering) KW - Bifurcation theory. KW - Mechanical properties. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145987048 AB - This book covers solid mechanics for non-linear elastic and elastoplastic materials, describing the behaviour of ductile material subject to extreme mechanical loading and its eventual failure. The book highlights constitutive features to describe the behaviour of frictional materials such as geological media. On the basis of this theory, including large strain and inelastic behaviours, bifurcation and instability are developed with a special focus on the modelling of the emergence of local instabilities such as shear band formation and flutter of a continuum. The former is regarded as a precursor of fracture, while the latter is typical of granular materials. The treatment is complemented with qualitative experiments, illustrations from everyday life and simple examples taken from structural mechanics. ER -